Microsoft Research News and HeadlinesKeep current with all the latest Microsoft Research news and headlinesVideo: Computing by Phone- May 28, 2008 Computer pioneer Chuck Thacker shares his vision for the future.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2015 Microsoft's Survival Strategy- May 27, 2008 Innovation is vital to the future survival of Microsoft, according to its own research head.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2014 Microsoft: Tech Transfer Sparked by Talented People- May 27, 2008 Successful technology transfer stems from a pool of talented people with smart ideas supported by right incentives to help their companies thrive, said Andrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2013 Election Results Even Voters Can Trust- May 27, 2008 Josh Benaloh,senior cryptographer at Microsoft Research, discusses how cryptography could enable voters to check the accuracy and integrity of an election tally without having to trust election equipment, software, or personnel.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2012 Digital Green Project Wins Stockholm Challenge Award- May 27, 2008 Digital Green, a project from Microsoft Research India to share effective farming practices via video technologies, has won the Culture Category of the Stockholm Challenge Awards 2008.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2011 Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Efforts Pay Distributed Dividends- May 23, 2008 Microsoft Researchs Silicon Valley lab concentrates on distributed systems, and as became abundantly clear May 22 during the fourth Silicon Valley Road Show, that focus is delivering innovative contributions.http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?0rc=n&id=2010 Cryptography Expert Wins ACM Award for Advances in Protecting Privacy of Information Retrieval- May 22, 2008 Sergey Yekhanin, a researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, has won the 2007 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery for developing a novel approach to protecting the privacy of users' queries when they are accessing a public database.http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2009 Fighting Back Against the Spam-Zombie Hordes- May 21, 2008 Yinglian Xie and Fang Yu, researchers at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, have devised a unique way to detect computers transformed into zombie drones for transmitting spam e-mail.http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?0rc=n&id=2008 WorldWide Telescope: The Universe at Your Fingertips- May 16, 2008 WorldWide Telescope, a public beta from Microsoft Research brings a seamless, immersive view of the entire known universe to your desktop.http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?0rc=n&id=2002 Microsoft Research Explores 'Robots Among Us'- May 15, 2008 Eight recipients of Microsoft Research's human-robot interaction request-for-proposal awards examine the growing role of robots in society.lhttp://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2007 |