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zCast: Broadcasting Data-Based Services to Mobile Devices
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Have you seen the one about …? From time immemorial, mankind has maximized its ability to share information orally. Whether it is passing along a recounting of a movie, recapping last night’s sporting…
What A Way to Go
By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research Go is more than a game. It spans centuries, it’s integrated into religion, politics, and business, it’s been embraced by poets and warriors, and it’s considered one of the great artificial intelligence challenges today.…
The Life of a Digital Photo
By Suzanne Ross History is being written in a new way. It is being written by people through the big and the small events in their lives. We write history through personal Web sites, discussion boards, and the legacy of…
Your Neighborhood Network
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…
In the news | ACM
Elected Fellow of the ACM
Simon Peyton Jones elected Fellow of the ACM.
In the news | ACM SIGPLAN
Most Influential POPL Paper Award
For the 1993 paper, Imperative functional programming.
Career Award | Microsoft Stories
A Classical Mind: Microsoft Researcher Receives Kyoto Prize
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 6, 2000 — It’s been 50 years since Sir Anthony Hoare studied Latin and Greek as a schoolboy, but he still remembers the difficulty of mastering each tongue’s complicated grammar rules. As hard as he tried, he…
Career Award | Microsoft Stories
Microsoft Research Professor Wins International Acclaim for Pioneering Work in Software Science
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM, July 14th 2000 — Professor Tony Hoare, a member of Microsoft Research’s lab in Cambridge UK, has been awarded this year’s Kyoto Prize by Japan’s Inamori Foundation for his pioneering and fundamental work in software science. One…