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Microsoft puts your feet to work

These boots were made for walking
Wed Mar 01 2006, 06:49
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has decided that people working at their PCs do not move their feet enough.

Vole feels that it is unfair that while punters fingers are tapping away like mad things, the feet are just sitting there below the desk having a snooze.

Boffins at Vole's research division have developed a colour-coded "dance pad" which can be tapped with your feet which will enable you to scroll through electronic files.

Showing the new tool off to hacks yesterday chief boffin A.J. Brush (no really) said that Vole was thinking of developing the technology so that you could strap things to your feet and literally kick your e-mail away under the desk.

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