Microsoft Research Cambridge

4月 26, 2007

By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research The research and academic community is rife with conferences. Just about any subject or discipline you can name has its own annual gathering, where the learned and the innovative come together to discuss…

10月 17, 2006

By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research One has spent his professional career exploring programming language theory. The other has made fundamental contributions to PC networks, operating systems, security, and document publishing. One works in Cambridge, U.K. The other works…

8月 25, 2006

By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research It’s a familiar cliché: The best offense is a good defense. You hear it all the time in a sporting context. But, as it turns out, that hoary truism applies to Web surfing,…

8月 23, 2006

By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Have you seen the one about …? From time immemorial, mankind has maximized its ability to share information orally. Whether it is passing along a recounting of a movie, recapping last night’s sporting…

12月 13, 2004

By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research Go is more than a game. It spans centuries, it’s integrated into religion, politics, and business, it’s been embraced by poets and warriors, and it’s considered one of the great artificial intelligence challenges today.…

10月 11, 2004

By Suzanne Ross History is being written in a new way. It is being written by people through the big and the small events in their lives. We write history through personal Web sites, discussion boards, and the legacy of…

9月 29, 2004

By Suzanne Ross Almost everyone complains about the loss of connection to their neighbors. Parents don’t know if it’s safe to let their kids go next door, or down the street. They don’t know who to borrow a cup of…