By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research If there are network tools for troubleshooting complex corporate networks, then surely there must be simpler, low-end tools to assist the home or small-business network administrator. That was Victor Bahl’s assumption when he went in search of solutions for…
By Rob Knies, Senior Writer, Microsoft Research Networks are ubiquitous in the digital age. Whether you’re at home, in your car, on your phone, or sending files halfway around the world, you’re utilizing computer networks―working with them, communicating on them, being entertained by them. They…
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research We’ve been spoiled. In this age of virtually instantaneous communication, we have developed a thirst for immediate access to information. Waiting is a pain in the Internet age. Soon is not sufficient; we need it now. Researchers from…
With help from Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft’s Developer Division will be offering an entirely new method for obtaining the latest beta of Visual Studio® 2008, Microsoft’s next-generation development tool for Windows Vista®, the 2007 Office System, and the Web. Microsoft Secure Content Distribution (MSCD), based…
On Jan. 8, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced that it had recognized 41 of its members for their contributions. Four of these new ACM fellows are from Microsoft Research.
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research You’re in pre-movie limbo. It’s 6 p.m., and the film you want to see starts at 7. You’ve got enough time to grab a quick dinner—if you don’t have to wait for a table. You know the neighborhood…
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Feng Zhao has a vision. He sees a future in which a Reality Browser enables people from around the world to query the physical world, live and up close, from anywhere. He sees a virtual global observatory, a…
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research John Krumm, a researcher for Microsoft Research, is one of four co-writers of Accuracy Characterization for Metropolitan-Scale Wi-Fi Localization, a research paper accepted for presentation during MobiSys 2005, the Third International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services,…
By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research Isaac Asimov, the famous science fiction writer, had a vision of a world called Gaia. Gaia was a world that was aware of its inhabitants — it could heal them and react to them. It was a part of…
By Suzanne Ross What happens when two children decide to share a teddy bear, but then one of them changes his mind? The children will likely tear the stuffed toy in two, leaving only bear parts and crying children. A peer-to-peer streaming system can be…
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 sugar from if they decide…
By Suzanne Ross What do cows and the Internet have in common? In the days when hunter-gatherers first decided to stay put and become farmers, they often stuck together in villages for protection from marauding gangsters known alternately as Huns, Vikings, Celts, or "them." As…
