The press has often been pretty hard on Upshaw, a former all-pro offensive lineman with the Oakland Raiders who took over the union's top spot in 1987, for supposedly caving too often in negotiations with owners over the years.

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It can detect over 1, 000 degrees of pressure, so you can learn to make lines thicker or thinner based on how hard you press.

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In future versions, too, the keyboard will automatically disable the touchpad when it senses your fingers are typing, and the keys themselves will be pressure-sensitive, so that they respond differently depending on how hard you press.

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Little is being discussed in the press so it is hard to know what is going on behind the scenes.

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It's hard to imagine major corporations experimenting with products as they launch press conferences and ad campaigns designed to pat themselves on the back for adding a few fractions of an inch to a smartphone screen.

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By this time, Brown went to Iraq on a one-year deployment in the U.S. Army, making it hard to press his custody claims.

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By this time, Brown was deployed to Iraq on a one-year deployment in the U.S. Army, making it hard to press his custody claims.

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