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CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
An anonymous reader notes that Microsoft has been granted a patent on “Page Up” and “Page Down” keystrokes. The article links an image of an IBM PC keyboard from 1981 with such keys in evidence. “The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008. US patent number [...]
ActiveWin.com Headlines (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
An anonymous reader notes that Microsoft has been granted a patent on "Page Up" and "Page Down" keystrokes . The article links an image of an IBM PC keyboard from 1981 with such keys in evidence. "The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008. US patent number 7,415,666 describes 'a method and system in a document viewer for scrolling a substantially exact...
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
An anonymous reader notes that Microsoft has been granted a patent on “Page Up” and “Page Down” keystrokes. The article links an image of an IBM PC keyboard from 1981 with such keys in evidence. “The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008. US patent number [...]
Digital Trends - Most Recent News (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Microsoft is getting close to owning 10,000 patents, and the latest is one for the Page Up and Page Down keys on your computer keyboard. Yes, really. They first applied for the patent in 2005 and were finally granted it last week, according to ZDNet, although the service showed a 1981 IBM keyboard with those keys. In the patent application the invention of the keys is credited to Timothy Sellers,...
rc3.org (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Tim Bray on the current crop of Apple keyboards: Geeks love misty-eyed reminiscing about the great keyboards of yore, with a rough consensus that the original IBM PC’s clackety high-travel product has never since been surpassed. I sure liked that, but if my tactile memory is right, the latest Apples may be better. That’s my [...]
Vintage Computing and Gaming (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Today, PC World published the latest in my line of workbench tech autopsies. This time I dissected the venerable IBM Model M Keyboard, which some call the greatest keyboard of all time (obviously, I agree with them). The slideshow turned out well, although keep in mind that although I took all the pictures, [...]
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Vanity comes in all shapes. Das Keyboard is one of them. I still enjoy old IBM keyboards at home (too noisy for work) but PS2-to-USB adapter I am using to hook it up to my Mac frequently causes glitches so Das Keyboard looked like a potential replacement. But after going through the spec and reviews, it was clearly not. Clicky-clack noise is not why I use old IBM keyboards. Feel of buckling-spring...
