http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/4261 Showing new posts in a forum view en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30475 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0 <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30475"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30475#comments Microsoft research Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:13:39 -0400 Alpha Doggs 30475 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30476 <p>Blogger Todd Bishop has got a great story on a Microsoft Research project for creating sphere-shaped touch screens. <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/144629.asp?source=mypi">He writes:</a></p> <blockquote> <p>&quot;After months of rumors, Microsoft researchers are taking the wraps off a prototype that uses an internal projection and vision system to bring a spherical computer display to life. People can touch the surface with multiple fingers and hands to manipulate photos, play games, spin a virtual globe, or watch 360-degree videos.&quot; <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30476"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30476#comments Microsoft Microsoft research Microsoft Sphere touchscreen Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:44 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 30476 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29205 <p>Microsoft&#39;s efforts in the area of artificial intelligence are being <a href="/research/2008/062308-artificial-intelligence.html">featured in an article published today in <em>Network World</em></a>. <img src="/graphics/slideshows/062308-ai-gets-real/img_0623-AI-1.jpg" border="1" alt="AI" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="66" height="60" align="right" />The article showcases 10 real life examples of AI today. Dr. Eric Horvitz, manager of the Adaptive Systems group at Microsoft, said “about a quarter of all Microsoft research is focused on AI efforts.” (Microsoft Research includes close to 1,000 Ph.D-level researchers spread across eight campuses around the world, and a completely open research and publication environment.) <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29205"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29205#comments Microsoft AI artificial intelligence ClearFlow Microsoft research predict traffic congestion Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:49:46 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 29205 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29180 <a href="http://staging.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6384">IEEE Spectrum Q&amp;As the Microsoft Research honcho</a>, who earlier this month received the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award “for contributions to the design of modern operating systems, and for innovation and leadership in industrial research.” In particular, Rick Rashid was honored for creating the Mach operating system, which he says formed the basis for the Mac OS, among other things. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29180#comments IEEE Mac OS Mach Microsoft research Rick Rashid Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:22:10 -0400 Alpha Doggs 29180 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27810 <p>The Surface table wasn&#39;t big enough. Microsoft envisions your walls as computers. Actually Bill Gates said at the CEO Summit in Redmond today that he thinks all flat surfaces &quot;will eventually have an inexpensive screen display capability and software that sees what you are doing there.&quot; <object width="405" height="305"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PimbkQNKzb4&hl=en"> </param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PimbkQNKzb4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27810"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27810#comments Microsoft Microsoft research touchscreen TouchWall videos Wed, 14 May 2008 21:23:06 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 27810 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27647 <p>Can you imagine trusting Microsoft and HP to securely and accurately &quot;print up&quot; your medications at home? Many of us can&#39;t even get the combo to reliably print out directions from Mapquest. Still, it&#39;s a cool vision -- the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that makes the technology industry so much fun. </p> <p> The idea here is that people one day may be able to buy a standard sets of chemicals that can be combined in standard formulas to create drugs in the same way that they use ink today to print up color documents, says Microsoft&#39;s said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, in a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday. </p> <p>&#160; <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27647"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27647#comments Microsoft drugs from printers Microsoft research Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:33 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 27647 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26710 <p>It&#39;s true that Microsoft often makes itself a target for a fat, easy flame. But sometimes even a blogger has to be nice and we can always count on Microsoft Research to offer up a bunch of fun, cool<img src="/Micronet%20images/scrutiny.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="66" height="66" align="right" /> projects <a href="/community/taxonomy/term/4261/all">that we love to write about.</a> This week, Microsoft Research is showcasing some of its wares in Florence, Italy, at the <a href="http://www.chi2008.org/">CHI 2008 conference</a><br />Here are three projects that Microsoft Research seems especially proud to show off at the conference. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26710"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26710#comments Microsoft BlindSight Microsoft research mobile phones MySong Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:17:05 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 26710 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25938 <p>Microsoft&#39;s TechFest 2008, complete as of late last week, revealed a smattering of technologies in the works by Microsoft Research. For the most part, critics call Microsoft a &quot;me-too&quot; operation and given how they are chasing cloud computing/SaaS, Internet advertising, Adobe Flash, iPods and more, the jab is fair. But on the research side, Microsoft is far more interesting. Here are a few projects that have been making news lately. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25938"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25938#comments Microsoft Microsoft research operating system search wireless Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:43:29 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 25938 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25658 <p>Microsoft Research holds its annual TechFest event this week in Redmond, where the smartest of the smartest at Microsoft will show off their projects. You can follow along via <a href="http://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/techfestlive/default.aspx">a blog by Microsoft Research writer Rob Knies</a> (Warning: yes, it is on the rah rah side....&quot;the burgeoning anticipation was palpable&quot; he writes! But you can probably learn about some pretty cool projects, too.)</p><p>You can check out keynote videos <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/techfest/default.aspx">here</a> from Microsoft Research head Rick Rashid and others.<br /> </p><p>Here&#39;s a look at some of the technologies being demoed, as described by Microsoft Research: <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25658"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25658#comments Microsoft Microsoft research TechFest 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:09:49 -0500 Alpha Doggs 25658 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24670 <p><img src="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/press/2008/Jennifer_Chayes_Casual_01_2008_lg.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="210" align="left" />Microsoft just keeps coming back to Cambridge, Mass. Last year, Harvard dropout Bill Gates returned to Harvard for an honorary degree (read his <a href="/news/2007/060807-gates-commencement.html?t51hb">commencement speech</a> ). Today, Microsoft Research announced plans to open its sixth research lab and Cambridge will be the location (Microsoft&#39;s first research center on the East Coast). The lab will unite social scientists with computer scientists. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24670"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24670#comments Microsoft Microsoft research Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:55:04 -0500 Alpha Doggs 24670 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24227 <p>Microsoft Research is working on a rather cool project to reduce power consumption of storage subsystems. The project is called DiskEnergy and it was brought to light by a post from ZDNet blogger <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1119">Mary Joe Foley</a>.</p><p>Not much is known about DiskEnery. The <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/camsys/diskEnergy.aspx">project&#39;s Web site states</a>: <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24227"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24227#comments Microsoft DiskEnergy green computing Microsoft research storage Storage Management Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:36:10 -0500 Microsoft Subnet 24227 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21800 <p>With AMD and Intel duking it out on the multicore processor front and server and PC makers pushing ever more scalable systems, Microsoft is looking to stay in lockstep. It&#39;s latest move is hiring Dan Reed, director  of the Renaissance Computing Institute, a major collaborative venture of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University and the state of North Carolina, as Microsoft Research&#39;s director of Scalable and Multicore Computing.</p><p> Reed is also a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is chairman of the board of the Computing Research Association. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21800"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21800#comments Microsoft Microsoft research Renaissance Computing Institute Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:21:51 -0500 Alpha Doggs 21800 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20236 <p>No, you can&#39;t catch AIDS by clicking on a contaminated e-mail (though it certainly isn&#39;t good for the health of your network). However a Microsoft researcher has discovered a link in the technology used to block spam and the immune system&#39;s ability to fight AIDS, according to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_40/b4052063.htm?chan=search"><font color="#0863a5">a story in BusinessWeek</font></a>. The parallel between spam and biology resonated with Microsoft Researcher David Heckerman, a physician who also holds a PhD in computer science. </p><p><a href="/community/node/20230">Read more</a> at Microsoft Subnet.</p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20236#comments Microsoft AIDS antispam Microsoft research security spam Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:22:40 -0400 Alpha Doggs 20236 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18743 The Microsoft and Mitsubishi research departments are creating a way cool double-sided touch screen, according to <a href="http://patrickbaudisch.com/projects/lucidtouch/index.html">Microsoft researcher, Patrickbaudisch’s blog.</a> <p><img src="http://patrickbaudisch.com/projects/lucidtouch/images/lucidtouch.jpg" alt="Microsoft Mitsubishi LucidTouch" width="300" height="200" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Touch seems like a nature way to interact with devices, but is technologically problematic because a user’s fingers block you from seeing the graphical element you want to interact with. Enter “psueudo-transparency.” The blog says: <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18743"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18743#comments Microsoft Wireless / Mobile LucidTouch Microsoft research Mitsubishi Research Patrick Baudisch touchscreen Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:46:36 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 18743 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17615 <p> <a href="/community/node/17610">From the Alpha Doggs blog:</a> </p><p><span><p>Flying bikes, cell phone robots, smart walking sticks and audio speakers that defy logic are inventions all on display Tuesday at Microsoft&#39;s Redmond, Washington, headquarters. </p> <p>On the second day of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Microsoft researchers and their academic partners showed off some of their projects. They ranged from the wacky to the relatively staid. </p></span> </p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17615#comments Microsoft Microsoft research Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:22:24 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 17615 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17576 <p><img src="http://edge.networkworld.com/Micronet%20images/bicentennial%20man.jpg" alt="" width="87" height="67" align="left" />Microsoft Research will invest more than $6 million in academic collaboration. This hefty budget is for research grants to the university set. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17576"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17576#comments Microsoft Microsoft R&amp;D Microsoft research Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:51:30 -0400 Microsoft Subnet 17576 at http://www.networkworld.com/community