Gldm - Slashdot User

The Future of Mice-> 0

Submitted by Gldm on Monday October 05 2009, @04:40PM

Gldm writes "Gizmodo has a story about prototype mouse designs seen while touring Microsoft's hardware division. All of them seem focused on adding multitouch functionality or a way to emulate it so that applications designed for multitouch devices can be used with a mouse on a desktop. Designs include a capacitive surface, a semitransparent hemisphere lit by IR internally, articulated arms, a side-mounted camera tracking fingers, and even a frustrated total internal reflection lightpipe. The Orb seems the most useful in terms of functional extension, but my money's on the Cap design to win due to low cost and the ease of which it can be bolted on to existing designs and ergonomics."
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Tax software that can handle dual filing status? 0

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General Lee D. Mented

on Thursday April 16 2009, @11:13AM

General Lee D. Mented writes "I encountered a bit of a problem with my taxes this year and have filed for an extension to sort it out. Does anyone know of any free (I've been out of work a long time) tax programs or sites that can cope with the fact that I have different state and federal marital status?

The problem is this: I have a spousal contract that legally defines me as the spouse of a South African citizen under SA's Immigration Act of 2002 Section 1, subsection xxxvi, which was ruled equivalent by the Constitutional Court, upheld on appeal, and also gained formal legislative support. Last year I moved back to New York (where I was born and raised, so yes I'm a US citizen), and in May it was reported that the Governor had issued a memo ordering state agencies to recognize marriages from foreign jurisdictions. I later applied for welfare, and the NYC Human Resources Administration did a review where they declared my status as legally married with respect to New York State. However, under the Defense of Marriage Act, the United States still considers me single.

So now I'm a bit stuck. All the efile tax solutions I tried didn't have a way to file as married filing separately for state and single for federal. I found ways to do just the federal filing, but never found a free one that would just do the state filing so that I could do them one at a time. Since Slashdot tends to have a userbase knowledgeable of the capabilities of free software, I was wondering if anyone knows one I might have missed. Or am I just going to have to practice being able to form recognizable handwriting and do it on dead trees?"