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Microsoft Research Turns 10

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the smart-people dept.

Alec Muzzy writes: "Did you know that Microsoft Research, the first research laboratory started by a software company, just turned 10 years old? Their website is currently featuring some highlights of their research in the past 10 years and how it is applying to the new products Microsoft is making today - for instance their work in Real-Time Fur will be used in some XBox games, and Speech Recognition may be in future Pocket PC's. Reading these pages gives you a real insight into what new technologies Microsoft is working on."

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  1. first research lab from a software company? by lophophore · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The first research lab started by a software company? I don't think so.

    What about Digital's Palo Alto center? Hmmm.

    more revisionist history here perhaps?

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  2. Wait a minute . . . by DeadMeat+(TM) · · Score: 1, Redundant
    But wasn't Apple founded in 1976? That's 25 years by my math.

    (It's a joke, people.)

  3. PARC? by zephc · · Score: 2, Redundant

    doesn't Xerox PARC count? they have been doing pure research (least I think so) for a long time now

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  4. You meant to say Xerox right? by RichMeatyTaste · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sorry pal... you need to thank the Xerox Parc Lab for things like the mouse, the gui, etc etc etc. Read the book: Fumbling the Future . Xerox invented quite a few stolen ideas. later

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  5. Not the First Started By a Software Company by sabat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love how M$ always has to bend and break reality. M$ Research was the first research center started by a software company?

    IBM??? YEARS before M$ existed, IBM had a research facility. And don't tell me IBM is (and was) not a software company.

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