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Four from Microsoft Research Named ACM Fellows
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.
OMM: Mantra for Mobile Devices
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Eric Horvitz is sitting at his desk in his Redmond, Wash., office, discussing Microsoft Outlook Mobile Manager 2.0 (OMM), a just-released, downloadable add-in for Microsoft Outlook, when something on his computer monitor catches…
Susan Dumais: Changing the Way People Search for Information, Through Algorithms and User Interfaces
Senior Microsoft Corp. Researcher Susan Dumais predicts that in 10 years, we will look back on today’s search interfaces and recognize them as a simple and limited way to interact with information. After all, she explains, a 5-inch-long rectangle with…
Find Your Lost Data
By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research The more data you have, the more you know The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why have data? Microsoft Researchers have an answer…
How Much is Your Time Worth?
By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research How would you feel if a co-worker barged into your office every few minutes to blurt out updates about their life or project? You might tell them that you are busy, but the damage…
Zooming in on Small Displays
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…
All the News That’s Fit to Read
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…