Posted by Rob Knies Recently, I wrote about Microsoft Research contributions to the new Translator App for Windows Phone, available for free download on Windows Phone Marketplace.Some of them, anyway.As it turns out, the story goes a bit deeper…
Posted by Frank McSherry, senior researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Big data is pretty popular at the moment. Systems such as MapReduce, Hadoop, Dryad, and DryadLINQ have made writing and executing ad hoc big-data analyses easy. Still, there are…
Posted by Rob Knies You might have noticed in your most recent Bing search that, these days, you often can get an answer to your query without having to click through to one of the search results.For example, I…
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research From May 5 to 10, the Austin (Texas) Convention Center will be abuzz with workshops, demonstrations, and presentations as 2,500 attendees from more than 40 countries participate in the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM’s)…
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Microsoft is showing off technology this week that uses the human body as a sounding board for Kinect-like applications.
Posted by Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research New England and the newly announced Microsoft Research New York City One of the wonderful elements of basic research is that you never know where it will…
Looking for a fun, educational, and inexpensive way to observe Space Day? The Museum of Flight in Seattle is throwing an early-bird celebration the evening before, and the Microsoft WorldWide Telescope team will be celebrating with them. On Thursday, May…
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research In the two decades since the formation of Microsoft Research, the organization has grown from its beginnings on Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Redmond, Wash., into a global powerhouse with 12 labs across four…
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HomeOS aims to be a PC-like abstraction, where connecting a new light or ceiling fan to the system is as simple as plugging a new mouse into your computer.