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In this June 15, 2006 file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, right, looks at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
(photo: AP / Ted S. Warren, file)
Microsoft announces Kinect for Windows commercial program
TechRadar
| Microsoft has indicated that it will celebrate the first birthday of Kinect by announcing the Kinect for Windows commercial program will launch early next year. | The Kinect for Windows commercial program is intended to give businesses the means to develop tools with the motion sensor that can han...
Skype - Social Network - Internet
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Microsoft's likely strategy for Skype
The Times Of India
SEATTLE: Wall Street is warming up to Microsoft Corp's $8.5 billion purchase of online chat service Skype. | After initial shock at the price -- more than double its expected public valuation -- investors think Microsoft made a smart move buying advanced communications technology it can put into its...
Microsoft ready to Kinect the business world
The Business Review
Puget Sound Business Journal by Aislyn Greene, TechFlash Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 4:03pm PDT Related: (2 photos) Microsoft photo | Using Kinect in the operating room could help surgeons cut down on the risk of bacterial infection. Related News...
Microsoft to release Kinect commercial SDK in 2012
Digital Spy
Microsoft is to launch a commercial software development kit (SDK) for Kinect next year. | The studio is targeting business users by providing them with the tools they require to create third-party software for the motion peripheral. | Toyota and Raz...
Microsoft to release Kinect commercial Sdk in 2012
IMDb
| Microsoft is to launch a commercial software development kit (Sdk) for Kinect next year. The studio is targeting business users by providing them with the tools they require to create third-party software for the motion peripheral. Toyota and Razor...
Microsoft: Priced To Buy
Seeking Alpha
| If you were approached by a Ferrari dealer to buy a brand new car for nearly half the price, and then the dealer also said you would be paid every year to keep the car, would you? YES!!! Then why wouldn't you take the same approach to investing? | ...
Xbox 360 - video game console
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Microsoft's Kinect brings 'playful learning' to the Xbox 360
The Guardian
| Sesame Street TV and Nat Geo TV games unveiled by Microsoft as part of series of downloadable interactive TV shows Playful learning games from Sesame Street TV, featuring Cookie ...
Gamescom  - Microsoft Windows 7
Creative Commons / Raymond
Microsoft reportedly preparing Silverlight-like app framework ahead of Xbox Live update
Engadget
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a new slate of Xbox Live partnerships with Verizon, Comcast, and a host of other content providers. Now, the company has unveiled new detail...
Starred: How Box Cofounder Aaron Levie Enticed VCs Like Mark Cuban To Battle Microsoft, Google
Fast Company
Starred: How Box Cofounder Aaron Levie Enticed VCs Like Mark Cuban To Battle Microsoft, Google | BY Austin CarrToday | Introducing Starred, where we take you deep inside the inboxes of our favorite CEOs, entrepreneurs, and VCs. Think that first ...
Microsoft: Potentially Great Addition To Your Dividend Portfolio
Seeking Alpha
| Company Overview | Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. It also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to its customers. It has five segments...
Android 'stands on Microsoft's shoulders', says MS lawyer
The Register
| A top Microsoft legal eagle has moaned that Android smartphones and the like are profiting from cash that his bosses have invested in research and development. | "These devices have moved from having a rudimentary phone system to being a full-fledg...
Science
Rice - Grain - Staple food
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Scientists make human blood protein from rice
Breitbart
| Rice seeds are seen in April 2008 in Biggs, California. Scientists at a Chi... | Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease. | When extracted from rice seeds, the protein is "physically and chemically equi...
Technology
Renault Fluence Z.E. Concept
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Renault Fluence ZE – the best pure electric car yet?
The Guardian
| It may not be the breakthrough electric car the industry is waiting for, but the ZE makes big strides on range, price and looks The Renault Fluence ZE is a big improvement on other electric cars. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA | Jeremy Clarkson doesn't like electric cars. Among his more reasonable objections are that you can't go much further than ...



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