One of the most interesting things about the technology industry is that no matter what the news story is, there will be people either claiming it to be nothing but a speculative rumour or else a devious conspiracy theory of some kind. When the Windows 7 concept first hit the news channels, there were many people that came into the camp of the rumour, believing that it was too soon for Microsoft to have done anything in the realm of Multitouch functional software. A recent All Things Digital conference held in late May has proved that to be completely false. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, the two names that have been most associated with Microsoft over the course of the company’s history, banned
Multitouch as an overall technology has really taken the world by storm, although that really has a lot more to do with Apple than it does with Microsoft. When people consider the Apple accomplishments in the field of Multitouch, the immediate conclusion that is reached has to do with the idea of Multitouch technology on the iPhone, one of the most successful computer hardware mobile products ever created. Multitouch has almost single-handedly allowed Apple back into the game and that is exactly why Microsoft has decided to get very serious with it, dedicating the biggest change introduced in Windows 7 as being one that has a lot to do with Multitouch technology. Specifically, Microsoft is going to be introducing Multitouch functionality into the Windows 7