Microsoft is developing a new touch screen operating system that could mean the end of the computer mouse, Bill Gates has announced.
By Tom Peterkin 05/29/2008
Windows 7 aims to build on the success of the touch screen systems developed by Microsoft's rival Apple's iPhone. Microsoft users will issue commands by touching the screen rather than by the traditional keyboard and mouse combination, which has dominated since the 1970s. Windows 7 is due to be released in 2010 and is Microsoft's attempt to catch-up with Apple, whose handheld iPhone has proved exceptionally popular. Touch screens are appearing on a host of devices including sat-navs, cell phones and remote controls. A touch screen blackberry is expected shortly. At a conference in Canda this week, Bill Gates, Microsoft's billionaire chairman, said: "The way you interact with the system will change dramatically." Mr Gates added that computer users of the future will interact with their machines by voice and pen as well as touch.
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