Windows 7 to support new panning options, gestures

http://www.n-trig.com/Content.aspx?Page=Multi_Touch I already tried the MultiTouch features and it works great.

Thats right robertsjoe -- Microsoft Surface, demonstrated for years prior to the release of the iPhone, was nonetheless copied from the Applie iPhone. Doh.

Yeah... Apple watches the great things that others demonstrate, builds them into their own products and sells them as new... and you don't call that "copying"?! Poor Apple fanboys, you're missing the train to the future... I wonder if Apple has ever released something 'new'?

Robertsjoe, I think you may be missing the point that several companies may develop very similar ideas, whether they be competitors, partners, or even in completely insular situations. I first saw what could be called "multi-touch" when I was working in a power station nearly 10 years ago. The bulk of the control room was controlled by touchscreens which could accept more than one touch input at a time. For example, want to increase the power from generators 1 and 3? touch both with your fingers, and slide up, similar to using an audio mixing console. The funny thing is, that particular system (proprietary as it may be) had been installed sometime around 1983. Did apple or microsoft steal it from them? Hell no, it's just a natural development of touchscreen.