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- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
- The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million...
- Tags: ASUS, Computing, Microsoft Research, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-06
- Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch
- Microsoft Research has developed a non-Windows OS for academic types to play with. The subliminal message from Microsoft: Folks, we'd love to start from scratch with an OS, but we just can't go there. That connection between Microsoft's research and actual company desires may be a bit...
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research, Singularity Effort, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?
- Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?Interesting, butThe technology discussed in the article sounds pretty nice. I however think MS should focus a lot on the multi-touch screen technology I discussed [url=http://tinyurl.com/2kfd7y]here[/url] – for which a taste of its multi-touch aspect is shown in [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_OO4Gz28c]this video[/url].Surface...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, computer, Microsoft Research, Mary Jo, PlayAnywhere, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?
- PlayTable finally saw the light of day in the form of Microsoft's Surface multi-touch table. But there's a related technology that's been under development by Microsoft Research -- "PlayAnywhere" -- which still has yet to go commercial.At this week's Faculty Research Summit, Microsoft researchers showed off, yet again, PlayAnywhere. Here's...
- Tags: Research, Corporate strategy, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- What will many cores mean to future Windows releases?
- Windows and existing Microsoft programming languages work just fine with one- to four-processor PCs. But when 8- 16 and 64-core client machines become the norm -- in the not-so-distant future -- will Windows, C#, Visual Basic and other Microsoft applications be able to keep up?Seemingly, the answer is no. Microsoft...
- Tags: .Net Framework, App Compatibility, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Research, Virtualization, Visual Studio Orcas, Windows 7, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Your entire life in a hard drive
- Would you want a digital archive of your life? Every memory, every encounter, every click, every breath and damn near everything? Two researchers at Microsoft Research think so. In the March issue...
- Tags: General, Science, Microsoft, Storage, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- Microsoft Research goes to school
- Microsoft Research goes to schoolMIT should be embarassed about taking this money, It is like churchestaking money from drug dealers.European Model?Why is it that education is one of the few areas that cultural snobs don't want to compare the U.S. model to the European model?If you want to improve education...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Corporate law, education, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Microsoft on Click Fraud: pay per percentage ads 'highly robust to fraud'
- Microsoft Research is studying advertising methods that are “highly robust to fraud” and ways to eliminate “the incentives for click fraud in a system that sells clicks.”In “Pay-Per Percentage of Impressions: An Advertising Method that is Highly Robust to Fraud,” Microsoft research says:A simple method for selling advertising, pay-per-percentage of...
- Tags: click fraud, advertisement, Microsoft Research
- Blog posts 2006-07-01
- SNARF from Microsoft Research (msi)
- Microsoft Research's Community Technology presents SNARF, the Social Network and Relationship Finder. SNARF was built around the notion that social network information that is already available to the computer system can be usefully reflected to the user a message from a manager might be seen differently than a message from...
- Tags: Message, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research, SNARF, SNARF UI, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
- Software downloads 2005-12-29
- Counterfeit-Resistant Optical Fiber
- Providers of sensitive digital content use digital signatures to faithfully identify themselves as the providers of that content to consumers. However, digital signatures currently work only for content created on a computer and consumed on a computer. They cannot work on content contained on some form of physical media, such...
- Tags: Digital Signature, Media, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research, Digital Signatures, Advertising & Promotion, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security, Marketing
- White papers 2005-11-12
- Microsoft Research lifts the curtain on its latest wares
- Microsoft Research lifts the curtain on its latest waresGreat.. the MS bear pulls a Chucky..Yea, I might want a infection prone company running a automaton..!Friends to the end.... this IS the end..!An inexplicable error has caused me to go "Bleemp".I hope Microsoft can control their syntax more fluently if they're...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research
- Discussion threads 2005-03-04
- Microsoft Research lifts the curtain on its latest wares
- Microsoft Watch reports on Microsoft's in-house TechFest showcase this week, open mostly to the company's employees and some journalists. The mini-expo gave Microsoft researchers from around the world a chance to show off projects they have been working on, such as a plush prototype teddy bear that runs on Microsoft Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-03-04
- Microsoft: Antispam tools assist HIV research
- Microsoft: Antispam tools assist HIV researchInnovation?Could this be innovation? Microsoft didn't buy this Anti-Spam algorithm? They designed it?I'm so confused I'm not sure what to do.A Q&A linkThe work is discussed at the following :http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/feb05/02-23HIVResearch.aspNot much detail for now, but well done MS - helping those performing basic research is...
- Tags: Leadership, Spam, Strategy, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, anti-spam, True Innovation, tool, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research
- Discussion threads 2005-02-23
- Microsoft Research goes to Bangalore
- Microsoft Research goes to BangaloreToo little, too lateThe emerging 3rd world is going for Linux and OSS. M$ COULD have stemmed the tide if they had done this a few years ago, but its too late now. Just like Commodore before it, M$ ignored their "slide" in places other than...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-12
Additional Resources
- Wireless soil sensors to help farmers
- A research team at Iowa State University ISU is developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming while minimizing environmental impacts. ISU says that 'the prototype sensors are designed to collect and send data about soil moisture -- and eventually soil temperature and nutrient content -- while working completely underground.' According...
- Tags: Iowa State University, Sensor, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
- I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...
- Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Live Services as Microsoft's consumer Web platform
- It's been tricky keeping separate all of the "layers" in the Microsoft cloud strata. One of those layers, Live Services, has been especially amorphous. But now Live Services is a little clearer, thanks to a new Web site detailing an upcoming series of Microsoft events. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Live Platform, Channel Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft expected to release Silverlight 2 next week
- It sounds like Monday October 13 is the day that Microsoft will announce that Silverlight 2 is done. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Apple Mac OS X, Application Servers, Apple Mac OS, RSS, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
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