Thunderbolt for PCs is arriving soon

Thunderbolt has the potential to be a revolutionary technology, with a lightning-quick (hence its name) 10 gb/s upload speed. At this rate, it can upload an entire HD movie in just 30 seconds. Yet, one thing is holding it back from becoming the most popular upload technology in the world; it's only compatible with Macs. Only 15% of computers in use are Macs, which limits possibilities for devices with Thunderbolt. However, a new report by CNet says that LaCie might make this technology available on PCs.

According to the report, LaCie will unveil PC compatibility for Thunderbolt, along with PC versions of both Little Big Disk SSD and 2big Thunderbolt. Bringing Thunderbolt technology to PCs would drastically improve upload times, and it would make the technology much more common. It could also make HD movies more common. The only thing for sure is that you won't have to spend seemingly endless times in front of your computer, waiting for that huge file to download.

Microsoft Creates Touchscreen With 100x Less Lag

Touchscreen technology is becoming more and more popular. Not only is it showing up in consumer technology, it shows itself at ATMs, airplane entertainment systems, and much more. But there's one major problem with the trending tech; it lags. Most touchscreen panels experience a 100 ms delay between when you touch the screen and when it registers your touch. And that's all quite fine for most actions you'll make on a touchscreen device like tapping or swiping slowly. But the lag is really noticeable when your swipes speed up. For example, when you're quickly doodling in a painting app, you'll notice that your finger is often ahead of the line you're making.

Well, the engineers over at Microsoft Research may have found the solution. Microsoft has just created a touchscreen panel that lags bu only 1 ms. This delay is unnoticeable, even when you're drawing really fast. But don't get too worked up; we don't know if the screen will be in a future piece of technology, and the video just shows a box on the screen following a quickly-moving finger. Nevertheless, this discovery does give us hope for overcoming the touchscreen dilemma.