Embracing Networking Opportunities
By Rob Knies, Senior Writer, Microsoft Research Networks are ubiquitous in the digital age. Whether you’re at home, in your car, on your phone, or sending files halfway around the world, you’re utilizing computer networks―working with them, communicating on them,…
Nozzle: Counteracting Memory Exploits
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research Computer security has been described as a game of one-upmanship, an ongoing escalation of techniques as both sides attempt to find new ways to assault and protect system vulnerabilities. The most prevalent forms of…
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Microsoft Technology Reduces Network Redundancy
Researchers at Microsoft Research India have developed a compression and redundancy elimination technology that can operate as a host service in enterprise systems without the use of accelerator devices over a WAN.
Making Car Infotainment Simple, Natural
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research You’re steering with your left hand while your right is punching car-stereo buttons in eager search of that amazing new Lady Gaga song. Your mobile phone rings, and as you adjust your headset—hands-free,…
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Muscle-Bound Computer Interface
Forearm electrodes could enable new forms of hands-free computer interaction.
Total Recall: How to Have It All
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research In September, pioneering computer-science researcher Gordon Bell and his Microsoft Research colleague Jim Gemmell published Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything, a book that summarizes nearly a decade of an…
Complexity Work: Simply Success
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research When Mark Braverman joined Microsoft Research New England as a postdoctoral researcher in July 2008, both he and the founders of the lab knew the move had the potential to be mutually beneficial.…
Exploding Software-Engineering Myths
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research At Microsoft Research, there are computer scientists and mathematicians who live in a world of theory and abstractions. Then there is Nachi Nagappan, who was on loan to the Windows development group for a…
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use.