Before multitouch and capacitive displays, the stylus was used for touch input. Microsoft is hoping to bring back the stylus with a pen that can work with any display – even non-touchscreens – with a ...

Microsoft is considering whether to release a stylus that could, after a software upgrade, interact with almost any existing display or device. Researchers at the company’s Silicon Valley site ...

Perceptive Pixel’s stylus-based display, now part of Microsoft. The concept of the stylus as an input for computing has been around for a long time, with people dragging items around the screen with a ...

Microsoft's Surface Pen has served the same general purpose for a few years now, but the firm had been looking at ways to change that. Now, a new patent titled "Flexible Carpenter's Stylus With ...

No company has tried to make the stylus the Next Big Thing as much as Microsoft, and it’s pushing harder than ever with the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update. And though it’ll be a little while ...

Company is reportedly cooking up a stylus designed to work on any screen surface, including that of laptops, monitors, tablets, and phones. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...