Posted by Rob Knies Back in February, a post on this blog introduced Bing Code Search, a project to deliver new tools to save developers time and to make software development easier.Youssef Hamadi of Microsoft Research served as spokesman for…
The annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) is always a highlight for those who follow the latest developments in applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication. SIGCOMM 2014, to be…
Posted by Richard Harper Given erroneous press reports about our research, as the lead for a Microsoft Research project called WindUp, I want to clarify our project’s objectives. We released WindUp into the Windows Phone Store last week as part…
Birmingham University in the United Kingdom is in the green and leafy suburb of Edgbaston—and opposite King Edward’s School, which I attended for seven years as a boy. I was back in Birmingham recently to give the keynote address at…
Posted by Rob Knies Microsoft researchers will present a broad spectrum of new research at SIGGRAPH 2014, the 41st International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, which starts today in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sponsored by the Association…
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The wearable camera is being touted as the latest must-have accessory for social-media obsessives, but is a real boon for helping people with serious medical conditions recall important events in their lives.
“The way we design computers today,” Microsoft researcher Hong Tan says, “it would seem that people only use their eyes.” Sure, we tap on our device screens, slide our fingertips across the glass, and type on on-screen keyboards. Sometimes, we…
Posted by Rob Knies Now, here’s an interesting one: The latest video in Channel 9’s Microsoft Research Luminaries series features John Platt (@johnplattml) and explores his work in the resurgent research area of artificial intelligence (AI), its close cousin, machine…
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Problem introduction and disclaimer > Security Review Heuristics Zoo > Part 3 — Reflections Or rather a few closing notes... Can you quantify "product security"? Usually when people start talking about "X being 23% more secure than Y" I just snort.…