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  1. Zooming in on Small Displays 

    October 20, 2004

    By Suzanne Ross Bigger used to be better, but smaller is suddenly superior. The only problem with small versus big in high-tech gadgets is that our eyes weren't designed to peer at small screens on mobile phones. Even if we are under forty. Eric Horvitz,…

  2. All the News That’s Fit to Read 

    October 15, 2004

    By Suzanne Ross People read stories to find out what happens next. That's easy enough in a book, but if the story is about real life, and it's online in the news media, it's harder to find out what happens next. There's just too much…

  3. Rico Malvar: He Likes to Build Things 

    June 30, 2004

    By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research Rico Malvar has always liked to build things. "I used to build amplifiers when I was a kid. It wasn't a big deal, but for a young kid it was. Then I got attracted by the idea that you…