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My interview with FayerWayer (in English) — This week, I did a fun interview with Latin American tech blog, FayerWayer.com! The editor, Alexander Schek, selected his favorite reader-submitted questions, and I answered them to the best of my ability. Since the whole thing was translated into Spanish, some of my English-speaking Twitter friends were wondering what the interview was all about (and using Google to revert it back to English left a little lost in translation!). Here’s the full interview: How much do you spend in technology a month? Depends on what I need for the month! If I’m not making any huge purchases, like a... [Tags: alexander, blog, commodore 64, editor alexander, fayerwayer]

Windows 7 Multi-Touch Demoed — Although I’ve been enjoying Windows 7 on my Latitude XT, I don’t yet have the more advanced multi-touch bits to play around with. All in due time, I keep telling myself. Fortunately, the folks at FayerWayer have shot some video of the multi-touch gestures and how they work.  The video is really shaky, but worth a look.... [Tags: demoed, due time, fayerwayer, gestures, latitude]

Windows 7 Taskbar, 'Peek' and Multitouch Gestures Caught On Video [Windows 7] — Our in-depth preview of Windows 7 mentioned a few major features that didn't quite make it into the copy we tested, but the wily crew at Chilean site FayerWayer have caught a more advanced build on (sickeningly shaky) video. Most notably, the long hands-on shows off the new dock-esque taskbar, with decent task grouping, contextual program options and a slick new glassy look. Touch navigation is demonstrated in IE and Word, among others, but support is kind of patchy — IE has smooth inertial scrolling, while Word and and the image viewer just have embarrassingly choppy, albeit multitouch, gesture... [Tags: best evidence, dramamine, fayerwayer, gesture, gestures]