It looks like Ubuntu users will soon be able to touch, tap, swipe and more as multi-touch support is expected to begin arriving with the next update, Ubuntu 10.10. And for anyone familiar with the version number of Ubuntu, that 10.10 translates into October 2010. But that aside, it looks like the support will be more »

Just yesterday we told you about the touchscreen based Acer Aspire notebook, and now Acer has followed up with an announcement for the Aspire Z5610 — a multitouch capable all-in-one desktop PC. As you would imagine due to the timing, the Aspire Z5610 will be running Windows 7, or a little more specifically it will more »

HP just announced its new LD4200tm, a 42-inch LCD that can handle multi-touch inputs. HP has positioned this device for businesses, so you may see this in a hotel near you soon. This display has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and uses “an array of infrared (IR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), along with photo sensors, more »

Today, HP introduced a third TouchSmart, the 9100, and is calling it a “business PC.” It comes in either Windows 7 Professional 32 or 64-bit editions. Unlike the two other TouchSmart computers announced today, there won’t be any integrated web video here. However, there is a TV tuner and an optional Blu-ray drive to show more »

Blame the iPhone for bringing multi-touch to the popular consciousness. Wacom just introduced its new line of tablets for PCs and Mac with mutli-touch. Wacom products usually are pen-based and are meant for digital artists and designers. There are several small tablets. The Bamboo Pen & Touch can still use a pen interface for quick more »

Dell has announced that it plans to release the Latitude XT2, the industry’s first PC tablet that will obtain multi-touch screen capabilities. The system has features like added security, longer battery life and DDR3 RAM as well as up to 5GB RAM. The Latitude XT2 will include a full-size keyboard, touchpad, point stick and battery-free pen.

As we saw at CES this past week, Microsoft is ready to look past Vista and move onto their new Windows 7 operating system, which features full multi-touch support. To further push for the advancement of multi-touch technologies and speed up the adoption of the technology in the PC market, the company has just led the latest round in financing multi-touch panel and sensor company N-trig, an Israeli start-up. Other investors in this round include Aurum Ventures, Challenger Ltd., Canaan Partners, and Evergreen Venture Partners.

BMW has recently become the first car manufacturer to begin using the Microsoft Surface to allow potential customers to configure their car with the fun of multi-touch. The BMW Product Navigator will let customers change and configure the exterior and interior colors, rims, and more through the use of color tiles that are placed on top of the Surface table. The Product Navigator even allows for optional accessories to be added.

Additionally, it has a secondary monitor that lets the customer see, and also share what they have configured with others. Once the customer has their car ready and complete they can then choose to print or e-mail the details, and even save them to a USB flash drive to take with them. I am not sure this would make be buy a BMW, well maybe if I had the money, but if nothing else it would sure make car shopping a little more enjoyable. Now, they just need to find a way to deal with the annoying salesperson. Keep reading to check out a video showing off the process…

HP is rolling out their newest TouchSmart and it’s a Tablet PC. What’s the big deal? Well, Gadgetell got a chance to actually play with the HP TouchSmart TX2 and it is really something.

At first blush, the TX2 looks like a standard Tablet PC with a hinge that allows the entire 12.1-inch screen to be turned around and folded down for a slate style experience. The real fun is in the touch screen which is capacitive and not resistive; that means you don’t have to press the screen very hard for the computer to register inputs. A simple tap to the screen is enough for the TX2.

Multi-touch

The laptop supports multi-touch input as well. While Windows Vista doesn’t do multi-touch yet, HP has built this technology into the drivers. The multi-touch inputs are translated into keystroke commands so you can have multi-touch beyond HP’s MediaSmart software.

Plenty more including more pics and lots of specs after the break.

Every once in a while, some new piece of technology comes out that changes education forever. Just think about how much computers are used in classrooms today. An organization known as SynergyNet has developed “an interactive multi-touch desk that looks and acts like a large version of an Apple iPhone”. Check out the video that can be viewed after the jump.