Microsoft Research News and HeadlinesKeep current with all the latest Microsoft Research news and headlines'CSI' Sleuths Out Microsoft's Latest Technology- April 30, 2008 CBS crime drama CSI: NY is utilizing technology born within Microsoft Research to bring high-tech criminal investigations to the show's legions of devotees.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1996 Microsoft's Asia Research Arm to Expand Cooperation in Taiwan- April 30, 2008 A team of leading scholars from the Beijing-based Microsoft Research Asia held a forum in Taiwan on Tuesday and pledged on behalf of the American software giant to expand academia-industry collaboration in Taiwan.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1995 Q&A: IT Vet Gordon Bell Talks About the Most Influential Computers- April 29, 2008 Microsoft researcher and VAX developer lists his favorite technology and recalls Jim Gray.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1994 500,000,000 Years Later, Eating Patterns Persist- April 28, 2008 Rich Williams of Microsoft Research Cambridge is a member of a small team who have looked back a half-billion years to identify food-web patterns similar to those of today.http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?0rc=n&id=1993 Microsoft Paper: Improving Search Results by Mining Web Surfing Activity- April 28, 2008 A new research paper from Microsoft Research looks at how surfing behavior -- as logged by a search toolbar -- can be used to improve search results.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1992 JPEG XR: The (R)Evolution of JPEG- April 28, 2008 One of Microsoft's most promising contributions to the digital photography industry is HD Photo, which is currently being considered by the JPEG committee to become a standardized image format like that of JPEG. Currently it is tentatively called JPEG XR.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1991 High-Tech Armband Puts Your Fingers in Control- April 28, 2008 Microsoft researchers are developing an armband worn on the forearm that recognises finger movements by monitoring muscle activity. They have called it MUCI, which stands for muscle-computer interface.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1990 Microsoft Research Supports Exploration into Energy-Efficient Computing- April 25, 2008 Companys environmental research efforts deepen with new power aware program.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1989 Microsoft Research Helps Shape Future of the World-Wide Web- April 25, 2008 Research institution to present 12 new innovations during influential WWW 2008.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1988 Microsoft Researching Traffic Solution for Smartphone Users- April 25, 2008 Microsoft Research India is currently researching a software solution, TrafficSense, which will help smartphone users automatically monitor road and traffic conditions while they are on the move.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=1987 |