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Microsoft Surface Apps for Windows 7

Sarah Perez — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:41:00 GMT

At the Tablet PC meetup at CES’s CntrStg, a Microsoft representative was demonstrating a Windows 7 touchscreen computer and its capabilities. After going through the usual – Aero Peek, shake to minimize, the new taskbar, and more – she showed us some really cool apps. Built by the Microsoft Surface team specifically for Windows 7, two new applications take advantage of the native touch and multi-touch capabilities built into Windows 7.

The first app demonstrated is called Microsoft Surface Collage for Windows 7. The app is a multi-touch photo viewing application. The photos on the screen can be resized using pinches, as has become standard with touch apps. And because it’s multi-touch, two people can touch and move the photos at the same time. You can use your finger to flip through the filmstip at the bottom of the screen, too.

The second application demonstrated was Microsoft Surface Globe for Windows 7. This one was a touch screen mapping application that let you zoom in and out on satellite imagery using pinches. You could also swipe your finger across the screen to move the map around.

Neither of these applications are available for download just yet, but they should be released around the same time that Windows 7 becomes publicly available.

[Special thanks for CntrStg for providing a great place to upload Channel 10 videos while at CES.]

A Look at VPlay on Microsoft Surface

Larry Larsen — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:19:00 GMT

Stuart Taylor is a researcher at MSR Cambridge and in his spare time he likes to mix bits as a VJ. He created an application called VPlay that allows him to mix video on a Surface like you would records on a DJ turntable. He stopped by the Channel 9 studio on his way to dinner last week and took a few minutes to show us how VPlay works.

You can see more about the project here.

First Look: Microsoft Surface Stove

Larry Larsen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:40:00 GMT

Here is a first look at a new product out of MSR that uses a Microsoft Surface computer integrated as a drop in replacement for a stove top. The diffused glass normally used for a Surface is replaced with a tempered glass which is then heated with an array of lasers that heat the stove top while giving you all the same features found in other Surface computers. It can heat up to 520 degrees and uses only 30% of the energy of a comparable stove top, recouping the added cost over the course of several years, depending on how often you use your stove.