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Just wanted to highlight a couple of videos I’ve made on MT using VS2010 and the .Net 4 Beta 1.   This one is just for fun with a WPF 4 version of the MS Sruface’s ScatterView control. This one shows you how to do MT with WPF4 via the ManipulationDelta event. Dead easy!

You may have noticed I’m into multitouch (MT) technology. I don’t have any ‘proper’ MT kit – I’ve just built my own using the NUIGroup’s core software and an XNA example from CodePlex. With Win7 RC and the VS2010 and .Net 4 beta 1 I now have the opportunity to start building some real MS technology MT...

Slowly we start to see the multi-touch promise of Windows 7. The Windows Team Blog carries this post showing off the applications in the new Touch Pack for Windows 7. I can’t wait to get into programming for Windows 7 Multi-touch. I saw a Dell XT2 briefly in the flesh this week and it is a SWEEEEET machine...

      This week I have been studying the new and enhanced power saving features of Windows 7. There is a long list of enhancements that present the possibility of running a much more power efficient computer.   Windows 7 power saving features: Idle Resource Utilisation Trigger start...

If like me, a keen Windows Movie Maker user, you were surprised to find no Windows Movie Maker in your Windows 7 installation, you are probably very frustrated. So here is the deal - as reported to me (No guarantees now). Windows Movie Maker has moved to the Windows Live Essentials suite. The current...

Have you seen the new HP TouchSmart tx2 ? Development of the tablet PC now with HP's TouchSmart technology. It looks pretty awesome and is getting some good reviews but I could only find it on the US HP site - come on UK don't dilly dally!! Key thing for me is if Windows 7 will support this device...

What a day! Not only does the full Guitar Hero World Tour complete band set get delivered but so does my new blue Acer Aspire One. I confess I left the GHWT unpacking until the kids got home from school - but by then my new netbook had its 120gb hard drive re-formated and the PDC build (6801) of Windows...