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gearlog.com - 10/22/2008

Microsoft's SideSight: Something Apple Should Watch

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A new Microsoft-developed technology called SideSight looks like something that deserves to be on a next-generation iPod touch. Or in a magician's repertoire. The SideSight technology is contained in yet another paper that company executives are presenting at the User Interface Software and ...

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venturebeat.com - 10/24/2008

Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

— venturebeat.com — Buried in the first quarter earnings report from Microsoft is an astounding fact. For the first time... that I can remember, Microsoft closed the quarter with less cash than Apple. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments for Microsoft add up ... (more) Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

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visiblemeasures.com - 10/28/2008

Measuring Apple's Viral Video Response to Microsoft's "I'm a PC" Campaign

— visiblemeasures.com — The Microsoft/Apple advertising war rages on. It’s hard to say who fired the first shot, but what... we do know is that Microsoft has directly responded to Apple’s wildly successful “ Get a Mac ” ads with the $300 million " I'm a PC" campaign (well, ... (more) Measuring Apple's Viral Video Response to Microsoft's ...

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Bill Gates

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microsoft.com - 10/16/2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could ...

— microsoft.com — This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code... execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could ... (more) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057 – Critical: ...

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Microsoft SideSight: Should Apple Really Worry?
TheAppleBlog — Keen not to be left behind by Apple’s increasing repertoire of multi-touch interface control gestures, Microsoft recently previewed a new technology called “SideSight.” SideSight is not just Redmond’s version of Apple’s tech, though. In fact, Microsoft’s new offering is not touch tech at all. More like proximity tech. Gearlog provides an overview of SideSight, based on a paper presented by Microsoft U.K. at the User Interface Software and Technology conference. The paper describes the new input tech ...

No Virginia, touch was NOT invented by Apple
jkOnTheRun — ... quite a bit with gestures and other features but they did NOT invent touch on gadgets.  Heck, Apple's own Newton was produced years before the iPhone and it had touch.  It wasn't the first gadget with touch either as far as that goes.  Devices were produced by Palm and others with touch interfaces long before the iPhone so let's quit saying how Apple invented touch.  Please.  Even big publications who should know better make the Apple invention claim, like a recent item by Gearlog: ...