A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.
Computer users have been typing on keyboards and clicking on mice for more than 20 years. An experimental new interface under development at Microsoft could give them a completely new way to use their system.
Continue reading… “Bendable Magnetic Interface Offers New Ways To Use Computers”
Google’s new computer os will be called Google Chrome Operating System
From early in their company’s history, Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to develop a computer operating system and browser.
Continue reading… “Google Developing New Computer Operating System”
No. 1 Harvard University
Want your kid to become one of the richest people in the world? Send them to Harvard.
The Cambridge, Mass., school tops our first-ever billionaire college study with an alumni base that features 54 10-figure titans, more than 5% of the world’s billionaires. Of those 54 plutocrats, 11 received an undergraduate degree, 41 earned a master’s, doctorate or juris doctorate, and two earned two degrees.
Continue reading… “Forbes Billionaire College Study”
Microsoft team find a way to trace compromised machines used to attack other computers
Anonymity on the Internet can be both a blessing and a curse. While the ability to hide behind anonymous proxies and fast-changing Internet protocol (IP) addresses has enabled freer speech in nations with repressive regimes, the same technologies allow cybercriminals to hide their tracks and pass off malicious code and spam for legitimate communications.
Continue reading… “Three Researchers From Microsoft Find Way To Trace Malicious Users”
As advances in artificial intelligence bring the sci-fi fantasy dangerously closer to reality, worried scientists have painted a nightmare scenario of a revolt by killer robots, a situation until now limited to science fiction films.
Continue reading… “Scientists Worry About Revolt of Killer Robots”
A planned camera controller for Xbox 360 promises 3-D motion recognition that will turn your entire body into a game controller. (Videos)
Continue reading… “XBox 360 Project Natal Delivers Real Controller-Free Interaction”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has reported a favorable impression of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Continue reading… “Microsoft Bing Search”
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Here are two videos about weapons of the future. These videos were produced by Microsoft to go along with the release of their Gears of War 2 video game. In part 1 of this documentary, sponsored by Gears of War 2, we speak with military strategists, war historians, weapons experts and think tank members to lay out what an invasion by a hostile alien species might look like. (Part 2 video after the break)
Continue reading… “Weapons of the Future (Videos)”
The ultimate computer game that banishes handheld controls and allows players’ gestures to dictate the action on screen is to be launched by Microsoft.
Continue reading… “Microsoft To Launch Hands-Free Games Using 3D Camera Technology”
Spreadsheets needn’t be drab, dull affairs. Excel has a slew of impressive graphics features that can help you brighten up otherwise dry information and present data in an attractive manner.
Here are our top 10 tips for using a variety of graphics to make your spreadsheets more interesting and easier to understand. Continue reading… “Add Creative Graphics To Excel”
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) dusted off one of its favorite Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) arguments this week, rolling out new television and Web ads which claim that PCs are cheaper than Macs and offer a broader range of configuration options.
Microsoft’s channel partners love the ads — and, as it turns out, so do many Apple partners, albeit for different reasons. Continue reading… “Is There A Chance Apple-Jabbing Ads Could Backfire?”
When compiling your essential Windows XP or Vista toolkit, it makes sense to source as many free tools as you possibly can.
But sometimes you don’t know that you need a tool until you’re presented with it
So check out this list of ten of our favourite free system tools and plug some gaps in your software collection.
Continue reading… “10 Useful And Free Windows Tools”
