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Ina Fried CNET News.com

Published: 12 Nov 2008 15:22 GMT

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A Microsoft booth worker at the Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles demonstrates how touch can be used to move quickly through a long text document.

By adding multitouch technology to Windows 7, Microsoft wants to create an OS that feels different from Vista. A feature-complete public beta of Windows 7 is slated to be released early next year.

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