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Microsoft to Incorporate Touch Screen Technology Into Upcoming OS

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New York--Microsoft (MSFT), the Redmond, Wash., software titan, will incorporate touch-screen technology into the next version of its Windows operating system, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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The technology, which will be built into the Windows operating system to be launched in 2010, will let people use their fingers to manipulate its software on the screen.

The technology is expected to drive a whole new class of personal computers in the next few years, reported the Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft, which demonstrated the technology at D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., showed how a person can draw images using fingers. Microsoft was tight lipped about other features of its next generation operating system, informally being called Windows 7.

Earlier this month Microsoft showcased its prototype of a 4X6 foot digital whiteboard that reacts to the human touch to demonstrate the multi-touch technology.

During a presentation at Microsoft’s CEO Summit, Bill Gates said “All the surfaces, horizontal surfaces, vertical surfaces, will eventually have an inexpensive screen display capability and software that sees what you’re doing.”