Research

Fresh from Microsoft’s Research Group comes a new IE7 plug-in called SearchTogether, which lets you browse the web with your friends. With SearchTogether, groups can chat while they search and annotate the results with comments and ratings via a thumbs up / thumbs down button. The plug-in can also…

Microsoft’s Conference Center has been buzzing this week and we’re going to bring you up to speed for all of your weekend dinner party banter. The boffins from MS Research were on campus to peel back the curtain on all of their latest and greatest and they came nowhere near disappointing. Tuesday…

In the conclusion of our foray into the universe of stem cell research, we take a closer look at what grows out of stem cells. Dr. Murry's team brought us under the microscope to get a closer look at how different types of stem cells develop into particular components of our favorite rodents.We…

Eric Horvitz spends his time at MSR developing advanced ideas for time and resource management. His work automates the prioritization of tasks by monitoring the formatting of emails (and eventually the voice-print of voice-mails). His software even uses his digital camera to watch how he moves…

Sometimes Rand McNally just doesn't get the job done. If you've ever tried to read the street number on a building from a moving car in Seattle traffic, you know what we mean. Well a couple of UW grad students are building something that could make finding your way in a big city easier. Urban…

A few months ago Dr. Bill Crounse and I reported to you about PlayAnywhere. Well Microsoft research does not rest on its laurels, let me assure you. They've been hard at work incorporating multiple PlayAnywhere machines together for an experience they call PlayTogether. And beyond that thay…

Another Mash-Up day where creative minds merge with technical minds and hopefully we all benefit from the pairing. If you DON'T know what a mash-up is then definitely watch this clip to find out- you might want to start attending an event like this near you. And if you DO know what a mash-up is,…