News tagged with touch screen controls

Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales

(AP) -- Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nintendo gives 2nd glimpse of Wii U game machine

Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii U game console will come with a controller that has a big, touch-enabled screen. At first glance, that seems like an obstacle to the kind of casual multiplayer gaming that made ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Game streaming service OnLive coming to tablets

(AP) -- OnLive, the startup whose technology streams high-end video games over an Internet connection, is expanding its service to tablets and mobile devices.

Technology / Software

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E3 to showcase big videogame titles, hot trends

Sequels to blockbuster console titles and play on smartphones or tablets will be showcased with Times Square-like glitz starting Tuesday at the E3 videogame extravaganza in Los Angeles.

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ShakeID tracks touch action in multi-user display

(Phys.org) -- How do you determine who is doing the touching with a multi-user touch display? Microsoft Research has published a paper that presents a technique for doing so. The researchers make their attempt ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Transparent phone display has front-and-back touch

(Phys.org) -- Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu attracted attention at this week’s 2012 Wireless Japan expo, with their transparent, dual-sided smartphone touchscreen. This is a see through ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Connected security systems tether homes to owners' smartphones

When Debbie Klava's daughters come home from school in Elk Grove, Calif., she knows the minute they walk in the front door. Even though she's working in an office 90 minutes away, she gets an email or cellphone text when ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook (Update)

(AP) — Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can.

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unsafe at any speed: Even for driving pros, distractions increase crash risk

(Phys.org) -- The ringing cell phone you're reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you're trying to program as you're frantically rushing to your destination.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Transformer Pad TF300 a weak replacement for laptop

Asus' new Transformer Pad TF300 is among the first of a new class of convertible devices that are heading toward store shelves.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Ubisoft assembling Avengers for game

(AP) -- Now that they've saved the world on film, "The Avengers" are teaming up for a motion-control video game.

Technology / Software

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers use Doppler Effect for computer gesture control

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have together created a system whereby a computer user can use hand gestures to instigate a limited set of computer commands such as ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report


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