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Physical, Virtual Worlds Converge

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During TechFest 2012, Microsoft Research’s annual technology showcase, fascinating, cutting-edge demos will captivate attendees, including some that integrate the physical and digital worlds seamlessly and naturally.

3-D Without the Glasses, and More Innovation at Microsoft TechFest

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TechFest, an annual event from Microsoft Research, focused this year on two central themes: "virtualization" and "big data."

Microsoft’s Future Factory Shows Off its Latest Ideas

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Some visitors to Microsoft’s campus on March 6 got a glimpse of wave-of-the-future projects being envisioned by Microsoft researchers from around the world.

Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language

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Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours.

Microsoft’s danah boyd: Social Media Makes the World More Fearful

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Our networked society has a talent for fear-mongering, said Microsoft researcher danah boyd in a speech at SXSW Interactive in Austin on March 10.

Presenting the History of Everything

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March 14 marks the release of the beta version of an incredible new tool for the study of history: ChronoZoom, from Microsoft Research Connections and academic partners.

Microsoft’s ChronoZoom: One Web Page, 13.7 Billion Years of History

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ChronoZoom, a partnership between Microsoft Research Connections and its academic partners, has the potential to make history research a lot more interesting.

Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past

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Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life.

Think Fast: Is That Tweet True or False? How We Use Credibility Cues to Make Decisions

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With little to go on, Twitter users rely a lot on user names and profile images to judge the veracity of tweets.

Why Boston?

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Leading-edge innovators including Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England, explain why they choose to work in the Boston area.

Top Jobs in IT: Microsoft Research Chief Scientist Recognized for Pioneering Online Video Technology

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Henrique Malvar, chief scientist at Microsoft Research, discusses his illustrious career.

Inside Microsoft Research: New Theory Blog Sets Sail

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Windows on Theory, a new blog from Omer Reingold and his colleagues at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, is only weeks old but is already gaining notice.

Video: Skip the Xbox, Wear a Kinect on Your Head

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The Kinect is popular inside Microsoft's Research division, where engineers are working on future applications for the popular motion sensor.

Friending Your Child

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At a time when many feel overwhelmed by the onslaught of information and terrified by what our children might encounter on the Internet, danah boyd of Microsoft Research New England has emerged as a source of calming wisdom.

COSBI Researchers Hunt for Obesity Factors at the Molecular Level

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The Micrososft Research-University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology is analyzing complex molecular data for the Delta Obesity Prevention Vitamin Study.

Kinect Lab Boss on the Future of Computer Interfaces

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Andrew Blake, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, discusses the future of computer interfaces.

Innovation in Software Research Recognized in 2012 SEIF Awards

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Microsoft Research's Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) has announced the wiunners of its annual SEIF request for proposals.

How Social Media Shapes Our Lives

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Mary L. Gray caught the attention of Microsoft Research New England because she studies people on the margins of information access.

Computing Future Is Name of the Game for Microsoft's Craig Mundie

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As chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, Craig Mundie is pushing the company toward a future without buttons — no keyboard buttons, mouse buttons or phone buttons. Instead, computers will become more like humans.

Video: Antonio Criminisi - Microsoft Next 2012

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Anatomy localization work from Microsoft Research Cambridge, which can help doctors optimize disease detection and analysis of digital medical imaging, is one of the projects in the Microsoft Next 2012 competition. Click "Like" to vote.
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