Are you ready to let your fingers dance across your computer monitor, display, or interactive whiteboard? When Microsoft announced that it is including multi-touch support in Windows 7, there was plenty of groaning about dirty fingers.

"...I really don't want users pinching and dragging their dirty mits around the new LCD monitors," writes Slashdot user binaryspiral.

"I know I'm not the most tolerant person in the world, but when someone comes to my desk, points at something on the screen and leaves a big smeary finger print, violent thoughts flash through my mind," comments TheTruthIsOutThere on ZDnet.

Channel9 user, YearOfTheLinuxDesktop, expresses, "look: I can fill my display with dirty fingerprints!"

Do you agree with these folks? Is touching something bad? Or is it a fear you can get over?

Perhaps you are hyper-clean. Nothing wrong with that. If that's the case, when you scrub your desk and keyboard each day - before and after you snack - just take a quick wipe of the display too.

Perhaps you are a free spirit who rarely cleans and are slightly worried that this is one more place that people will notice you haven't cleaned. Trust me, they know it already. If salt from potato chips scratching your display worries you, then there are great inventions like hand-towels and napkins to help you out.

We've set up a module to allow posting from the iPhone. So, I'm checking functionality from the middle of the desert. We're about an hour from the Hoover Dam.

Everything seems to work, except image upload is disabled. You'll just have to imagine the sage brush. Oh, and that the iPhone auto corrects "Lora" to "Lord" --have to watch out for that. Ha ha.

For over a decade, the growth of Linux has caught the attention of technology enthusiasts. And during this time, debates have raged regarding the importance of the operating system. The debates occur because of the divergent purposes of using Linux. In fact, the different camps approach Linux debates with different mindsets.

Popular Mechanics has the best animation of the predicted Apple Tablet. Hopefully Apple is able to produce this type of product.

The keyboard separation, folding of the display, and touch are three fantastic features. What catches your attention about the animation?

*Brightcove blocked embedding the video. Embedding comes up with a statement that the video was removed.

A year after the initial announcement, Axiotron is shipping their modified MacBooks. According to Macworld, "Axiotron has designed a new case and a new input system, eschewing the keyboard and trackpad instead for a stylus input that enables users to write directly on the screen. It's the first pen tablet-based Mac."

As we all know, there are good things about our past technology. We learn what it can do for us, its limits, and then use it to build the next version. In 1997 Apple released the eMate 300 for K-12 Education market and used the Newton OS. It was on the market for only a year. A good idea, but the $800 was expensive for a limited device at that time.

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