We suggest starting with a simple double-tap in the top-left corner of the touchpad This should work if your laptop has a Synaptics Touchpad. It’s unlocked when the light in the corner of the touchpad ...

Most laptops and netbooks on the market come with a Synaptics touchpad built in, but not all computer users are fans of the pointing device. A touchpad might be suitable when performing basic tasks ...

Synaptics – who, if you look in your laptop's Device Manager or equivalent, you might find make your touchpad – have announced two new gestures that their hardware supports. ChiralRotate and ...

This week during our July 4th "break" I had been reading some articles about Synaptics. While Synaptics does still manufacture and has the dominant share in computer touchpads and fingerprint readers, ...

HP Chief Technologist Mike Nash Wednesday told CRN that the Synaptics Touchpad debug tool security issue impacting about 460 HP laptops has been "fixed" with security updates. At the same time, Nash ...

After a significant absence, Synaptics' touchpad technology has returned to Apple music players, says a new research note from Bear Stearns. Also, British shoppers are the latest to see Apple's ...

An Intel executive last week suggested it was abnormal to interact with a laptop using input devices like touchpads, but Synaptics is out to debunk that notion by making touchpads more user-friendly.

We have more ways of interacting with our devices than ever before: voice, gestures, eye-tracking, as well as simply tapping on keys. Synaptics thinks we need another method: swiping on our spacebar.

When you look up Synaptics online, you see a lot of references to the term “human interface technology.” While that might sound like something robotic to the average person, for Synaptics Chief ...

Many users who own a laptop or a tablet with a trackpad prefer using an external mouse. The use of this external mouse is undertaken because it boosts productivity. Users are more comfortable and used ...