Touch-screen notebooks are nothing new, especially in the realm of handheld smartphones and PDAs, but due to disappointing hardware and the lack of OS support, they’ve remained a small market niche ...

As I've noted here before, I am not among the true believers who are convinced that adding multi-touch support to Windows 7 PCs is going to spur sales. To me, touch still seems more like a novelty ...

While current netbooks are already rapidly capturing the attention and credit cards of savvy travelers, the addition of multi-touch support in Windows 7 could be the spark that sets off a firestorm of ...

One Kevin C. Tofel of jkOnTheRun reports that the price to upgrade from Windows 7 Starter Edition on new netbooks has dropped. He also takes the opportunity to reiterate a criticism which is not ...

It's always nice when Microsoft releases something useful for free. If you're one of those folks who took the bold step of buying a multi-touch PC or laptop (like the ...

Something you haven’t heard a great deal about in Windows 7 is the added support for touch user interfaces. The touch interface was demonstrated at the 2008 PDC conference but the presenters didn’t go ...

HP describes the TouchSmart tx2 as the first multitouch consumer notebook. It features a 12.1-inch screen that rotates 180 degrees for use as a tablet (see next slide). Besides touch commands, users ...

Gateway is embracing multi-touch input with the next generation of their all-in-one desktop – the ZX Series of the Gateway One. The ZX6800 line is the high-end model at $1399.99, available with 23″ ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Acer are working on three touch-enabled devices, according to a project manager from their mobile computer department, which will take advantage of Windows 7's native touchscreen support. While no ...

Over at Walt Mossberg's D: All Things Digital conference, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have shown a small snippet of the upcoming Windows 7. The short version? Windows 7 looks like Vista with some new ...

Microsoft pushed a preview of its Internet Explorer 11 to Windows 7 users on Wednesday, adding a bit more speed to its already touch-friendly features. To those who chose to download Windows 8.1 a few ...