Among Microsoft products available for licensing is its U2 technology, which enables a peripheral device to be connected to a computer using either a PS2 or USB auto-sensing interface.
Also, the company’s Tilt Wheel line of mice and keyboards, which allows users to tile them from side to side and up and down to move the on-screen cursor.
And Microsoft’s Magnifier viewing and editing tool, which can be used with a mouse to magnify on-screen content, also can now be licensed.
Most people think of Microsoft as solely a software company, but we’ve been a leading hardware innovator and supplier to the desktop peripherals industry for over 20 years, said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, in a statement.
