True innovation comes from things that users did not know they needed, thus the birth of the mouse and keyboard.
The mouse and keyboard flash in white whenever a new round starts.
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Sinofsky notes that it was important not to forget that the mouse and keyboard are just tools, that magnify the efforts of your hands.
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On the iMac's first boot it was able to pick up the mouse and keyboard without a problem, even letting us use the capacitive scrolling to work through the setup wizard.
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The mouse and keyboard is superior for certain types of games certainly, most notably shooters, MMORPGs, and strategy games, all of which feature either complex control schemes or a need for precise aiming.
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This is an early demonstration of course, though Fujitsu has already enumerated several applications for this technology, from assisting disabled users to simply eliminating the need to look down at the mouse and keyboard.
Rather, they keep talking about getting into the hardware game, teasing anything from a new console, to a redesign of the mouse and keyboard, to even a virtual reality headset which we saw them show recently.
They offer ample space for perusing documents, the Apple mouse and keyboard.
These devices seek to move beyond the mouse and physical keyboard, letting people communicate with their gadgets by gesturing, using sign language or, in the case of Skinput, tapping on their hands, fingers and forearms.
You can use the phone as a wireless mouse and keyboard for the PlayBook.
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The Sun Ray appliance effectively becomes the end node of the network, and its function is to display pixels on the screen, capture keyboard and mouse clicks, and send them back to the server.
For the modern generation, the keyboard and mouse are becoming foreign objects.
And on to the iPad, freeing even a larger device from the keyboard and mouse and the world they came from, and iCloud, unleashing us from all our wires and cables and our tethering to localized data storage.
The current-gen and previous-gen MMOs were all about using the keyboard and mouse, and sure, everyone used things like Ventrilo and other voice chat services, but that only works in a small group.
Windows 8 Pro starts with a touch-first experience and a desktop experience for legacy apps that require the precision of a mouse and keyboard.
Users can also stand VAIO Tap 20 upright and use it as a fully-functioning desktop PC to work on documents, surf the web and check emails with the supplied wireless keyboard and mouse.
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She zoomed in on the rover and spun it around for different perspectives, hands tapping unconsciously on the keyboard and the mouse.
Professor Cipolla says Zoe is "the interface of the future", part of a trend towards abandoning the keyboard and mouse and finding new ways of relating to computers.
My only hope for Windows 8 now is that Microsoft comes to its senses and allows us to customize Windows 8 to focus more on the keyboard and mouse.
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One interface feels better with a touchscreen and gestures, the other with a keyboard and mouse or touchpad.
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In the end, that mouse and keyboard may still be our best hope.
Of course, you can use the old-fashioned mouse and keyboard commands instead.
What's more, without turning on the PC, users can connect a keyboard and mouse to the Personal Smart TV and navigate the Home Dashboard for a full web-surfing experience.
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Of course, you don't make it to the top of the GPA food chain without connecting with a keyboard and mouse on the regular.
And with a built-in browser, users can even surf the internet without a PC simply by connecting a keyboard and mouse to the MT93.
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"Even basic input, the keyboard and mouse, haven't really changed in any meaningful way over the years, " reads the advert.
Before buying, I wanted to put my hands on the keyboard and mouse pad, see the screen and listen to the sound.
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Designing a truly adaptive brain-robot interface that allows paralysed patients to directly teach a robot to do something could be immensely helpful, liberating them from the need to use a mouse and keyboard or touchscreen, designed for more capable users.
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