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'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)

'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)Whatever you do ...... don't let SNL or Mad TV hear about what you are planning to do. They'll have a field day with it! (E.g. view this 2001 HAL doctored clip.)Seriously, I think MS and the robotics industry should...

Tags: Robots, robot, killer robotics app, bot, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

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News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)

Microsoft's Mr. Robotics, Tandy Trower, has moved into more of an "ambassadorial"/strategic planning role, as of late. But that hasn't stopped him from thinking about what could become the "killer app" in the robotics space. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Yes folks, the cloud and parallel processing need killer apps

Microsoft's research chief Craig Mundie outlined his view of where computing is headed over the next decade or so and here is a big takeaway: The cloud and multiprocessor computing could use a few good killer applications. Mundie was speaking at the Technology Review Emerging Technology conference....

Tags: Killer Application, Parallel Processing, Computing, Craig Mundie, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Microsoft's Mundie: New programming models needed

Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, said Wednesday that the software industry needs to catch up with advances in computing power. The gist: Computing power is growing exponentially via multiple cores and parallel processing. The rub: Software doesn't have the tools or programming heft to...

Tags: Software, Programming Model, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Computing, Programming, Mundie, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-09

The smart robot conundrum

It takes a village to make a smart robot. But does it take a dictator to found a village?That's the question dogging Joe Bosworth this week at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, as he pushes his Open Robot Network plan for smart robotics development.Beneath the exterior of XML...

Tags: robotics, Joe Bosworth

Blog posts 2005-08-02