{"id":552435,"date":"2007-05-31T20:09:12","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T20:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/552435-microsoft-rethinks-computer-with-coffee-table-design.html"},"modified":"2007-05-31T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T20:09:12","slug":"microsoft-rethinks-computer-with-coffee-table-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/552435-microsoft-rethinks-computer-with-coffee-table-design.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft rethinks computer with coffee-table design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">The announcement came as Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer was poised to unveil &quot;the first in a new category of surface computing products,&quot; the company said, at an industry conference in southern California. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Microsoft Surface machines are built into tabletops and have 30-inch (76-centimeter) screens that can recognize objects placed on them and are controlled by touch instead of keyboard strokes or mouse movements, said the Redmond, Washington state-based company. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Unlike standard touch-screen computers, Microsoft Surface allows more than one person at a time to drag icons or give commands to allow collaborative efforts &quot;just like in the real world,&quot; Microsoft said. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;With Surface, we are creating more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology,&quot; Ballmer said. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;We see this as a multibillion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface-computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that vision.&quot; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The surface computer is the brainchild of Microsoft&#8217;s hardware and research teams. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">In a move unusual for Microsoft, which traditionally licenses its technology to partners, the company is contracting to have the computers made. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Microsoft is initially targeting stores, hotels and casinos with the technology. Surface computers will be available in some Las Vegas casinos, Starwood hotels and T Mobile stores by the end of the year, according to Ballmer. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">AFP <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft on Wednesday trumpeted an unorthodox coffee-table computer design that it predicts will become a multibillion dollar portion of the hardware market. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}