Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:09 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:09 GMT Rev9 8 -8 -1 Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up

Microsoft is acquiring Seadragon Software, a Seattle-based company developing technologies that could be used across several of the software giant's businesses, including Web search, cellphone services, mapping and digital-photo programs.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002767280_seadragon28.html

http://www.seadragon.net/

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/155084#155084 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:27:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/155084#155084 a ! 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/a !/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up I got a demo of this and it rocks. Rocks. Rocks. Rocks.

Can't wait to see how we work together.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/48a13f01e5814a0b853c9deb0134fa7e#48a13f01e5814a0b853c9deb0134fa7e Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:30:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/48a13f01e5814a0b853c9deb0134fa7e#48a13f01e5814a0b853c9deb0134fa7e scobleizer 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/scobleizer/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up Hopefully it won't be glued on with a klunkly interface.  The first few previews of MS Antispyware was basically just GIANT with MSFT bits glommed on.  Sure, MS AS is pretty good, but its heritage showed.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/a4b2a6d5d5f24bac80459deb0134faa7#a4b2a6d5d5f24bac80459deb0134faa7 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:01:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/a4b2a6d5d5f24bac80459deb0134faa7#a4b2a6d5d5f24bac80459deb0134faa7 DoomBringer 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DoomBringer/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up I can see this being utilized in MSN Maps or w/e its called.

f-n Awesome!
- Steve

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/77cb9d8e42654efaa4db9deb0134fad0#77cb9d8e42654efaa4db9deb0134fad0 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:39:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/77cb9d8e42654efaa4db9deb0134fad0#77cb9d8e42654efaa4db9deb0134fad0 Stevan Veselinovic 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Steve411/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up I can see this in Vienna.


Meaning, in other words, I should see this in Vienna. Tongue Out

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/128746415f044f4ca9839deb0134faf9#128746415f044f4ca9839deb0134faf9 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:54:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/128746415f044f4ca9839deb0134faf9#128746415f044f4ca9839deb0134faf9 mVPstar 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mVPstar/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up So, now that they bought a company that likely owns the necessary licenses to use JPEG2000 (for the specific troublemaker patents), what's to stop Microsoft from implementing it into freaking Windows and IE?!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/597d2062c9784b1e8aed9deb0134fb23#597d2062c9784b1e8aed9deb0134fb23 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:13:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/597d2062c9784b1e8aed9deb0134fb23#597d2062c9784b1e8aed9deb0134fb23 Tom Servo 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Tom Servo/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up At first I looked at the demos and thought, "yeah yeah yeah, SCALING, ok..."  "yeah yeah yeah JPEG2000, ok..."

...and then the guy says they scale using POWER LAWS to scale at different rates, and the light bulb went on over my head.  F--king brilliant idea.  That's the patent Microsoft wanted.

For those interested in how power laws will change the way we look at things, I recommend the book Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science and Everyday Life

This could end the distinction between an icon, a thumbnail, and a document.  Everything could be a document -- sometimes it would just be icon-sized, sometimes thumbnail-sized, and sometimes document-sized, and you could smoothly scale between those views. 

In this case power laws may literally change the way we look at things....

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go patent some stuff.  LOL

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/3789d3db2556422fb94b9deb0134fb50#3789d3db2556422fb94b9deb0134fb50 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:45:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/3789d3db2556422fb94b9deb0134fb50#3789d3db2556422fb94b9deb0134fb50 Karim 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Karim/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS Acquiring Revolutionary Hi Tech Imaging Start Up The video demo links at seadragon.net are timing out. Here's a cached version of the first demo in hi res:

http://www.sandcodex.com.nyud.net:8090/web_movies/LOC1_33-HiRes.wmv

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/01b59a4137494b3c957a9deb0134fb94#01b59a4137494b3c957a9deb0134fb94 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:48:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/155084-MS-Acquiring-Revolutionary-Hi-Tech-Imaging-Start-Up/01b59a4137494b3c957a9deb0134fb94#01b59a4137494b3c957a9deb0134fb94 Jon Galloway 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jongalloway/Discussions/RSS