Microsoft’s next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.

It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.

Scheduled for release in 2010 the new fingertip interface lets users enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint pictures or play the piano.

“The way you interact with the system will change dramatically,” said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

Speaking at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, the Microsoft Chairman said Windows 7 would incorporate new forms of communication and interaction.

Chief executive Steve Ballmer described the limited demo of the multi touch screen at the conference as “a small snippet” of the next version of Windows after admitting he wants “to do better” than Vista.

Even though Vista has suffered from a poor public image and a lukewarm welcome from many firms and users, Mr Ballmer said the company has shipped 150 million copies of the programme.

Touch enabled

Industry watchers say Microsoft is hoping that Windows 7 can change the way people interact with PCs in the future.

“Touch is quickly becoming a common way of interacting with software and devices,” writes Windows product manager Chris Flores in a blog post.

“Touch-enabled surfaces are popping up everywhere including laptop touch pads, cell phones, remote controls, GPS devices and more.”

When challenged as to who will get to market first with a new touch screen device, Microsoft or Apple, Mr Ballmer said it was not much of an issue.

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While many attending the D6 conference focused on the Windows 7 announcement and comments on Yahoo, a spotlight was also turned on Bill Gates who is counting down to his last day at Microsoft on 1 July.

At a reception earlier in the day, Mr Gates chatted to reporters about what the future holds for him. He said even though he was retiring from his “daily duties” at the firm he founded, he wouldn’t be letting go completely.

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Incredibil sau nu, o noua cercetare a unui sexolog italian, arata ca forma sanilor femeilor dezvaluie o mare parte din trasaturile acestora de caracter. Cercetatorul asociaza sanii cu fructele precum: para, marul, lamaia, pepenele galben etc. 

Pepene galben: daca ai doi „pepeni” mari in dreptul pieptului inseamna ca esti gurmanda si ca iti place foarte tare mancarea. Esti foarte rasfatata si iti place sa fii cocolosita. De asemenea, nu esti foarte inclinata spre latura sexualitatii.

Ananas: daca ai sanii ovali, care seamana cu niste fructe de ananas, esti o tipa inteligenta,serioasa, care consacra foarte mult timp serviciului. Insa, poti fi si foarte romantica atunci cand situatia o impune.

Lamaie: cu aceasta forma a sanilor, nu poti fi decat o strengarita. Treci peste toate incercarile vietii cu capul sus, insa cateodata esti foarte incapatanata. Pui accent foarte mare pe stabilitate si echilibru.

Grepfrut: fetele care au sanii in forma de grepfrut adora tinutele sexy si le place sa se puna in valoare prin haine provocatoare. Si totusi, sentimentele si viata de familie sunt cele puse pe locul 1 in topul prioritatilor.

Portocala: mare ghinion. Ai foarte rar dorinte sexuale, fantasme nici atat. Asta poate pentru ca esti o tipa foarte…ascultatoare.

Cirese: sanii foarte mici ca niste cirese dezvaluie caracterul unor fete comice, foarte placute de cei din jur si inteligente. Sunt niste partenere de viata excelente si sunt capabile de o relatie de cuplu normala cu reprezentantii sexului opus.

Para: in sfarsit, femeile care au sanii ca niste pere (o mare parte, potrivit cercetarilor) sunt grijulii, complexate insa cand se aduce in discutie problematica sexualitatii, asta datorita faptului ca nu prea sunt originale.
Evident, chiar daca este vorba despre o cercetare amanuntita facuta de un specialist, asta nu inseamna ca este o certitudine.

written by Andrew