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Microsoft ‘HoloDesk’ project takes us closer to Star Trek

It’s not nearly as big as the Holodeck, but a Microsoft Research project called “HoloDesk” will look very familiar to… Read More

Hold on to your pants: Microsoft ‘PocketTouch’ enables device input through fabric

Microsoft researchers have come up with a way to make devices sensitive to touch input through fabric — for silencing… Read More

Excerpts: Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid on the past two decades, and the future

Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary this week, now encompassing some 850 computer scientists. Its leader, chief research officer… Read More

Microsoft Research demo: Augmented reality with Kinect, tablet, distributed computing

Here in Redmond this morning, Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary as the company’s basic research unit. In addition… Read More

Microsoft Research overhauls Bing search backend with ‘Tiger’ project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TuHktEZPYo Can Microsoft Tiger take a bite out of Google? The Redmond company tonight released the first details of a… Read More

Microsoft axes SVP title, says no muckety-muck shakeup

Microsoft has traditionally separated its squadrons of executives into “corporate vice presidents” and “senior vice presidents” — the latter title… Read More

Microsoft figures out how to make a nearly perfect 3D model of the human face

You know you’re on to something in computer graphics when you get to explain in your research paper how you’ve advanced… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Tulalip’ dustup ends as company apologizes

So I’m just settling back in after a week (mostly) off the grid, and … wait, Microsoft got into a… Read More

Q&A: Details on Microsoft’s Kinect release for Windows

Microsoft this morning officially brought its Kinect motion sensor to Windows PCs — releasing a software development kit that will… Read More

Inside Microsoft’s Kinect SDK

Get ready for a new wave of Kinect applications on Windows PCs. One of Microsoft’s goals at its MIX conference… Read More

Microsoft ‘TouchStudio’ uses phone to program phone

The capabilities of mobile phones have come a long way in the past few years, but a new Windows Phone… Read More