Your tissue samples are in the email It's a simple idea – digitise the results of microscopy and accelerate the healthcare process. One university hospital researcher decided to turn the... Read more >>

The wearable camera that brings back the memories Microsoft’s SenseCam helps advance the study of neuroscience by enabling memory recall and opening the pathway for the development of new... Read more >>

Being Human: human-computer interaction in the year 2020 Computer technologies have suffused the world we live in. They have created change and continue to create change. This is manifest not only on our... Read more >>

Tapping into computing’s sensitive side Computing has come a long way since the invention of the diminutive mouse. Unlike the keyboard, which was an adaptation of old technology, the mouse... Read more >>

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Microsoft Search Technology Center FUTURES spoke with Jordi Ribas, head of the new Microsoft Search Technology Center. Read more >>

The next phase of the IPTV revolution Merely a concept at the start of the century, Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) has already completed the first stage of its growth, moving from an idea to... Read more >>

European Microsoft innovation center (EMIC): overcoming information overload and ‘the crisis of choice' Year by year, the flood of content is rising all around us: television channels, books, music and the Internet - where not only traditional media but... Read more >>

Livestation the ‘spark of live’ TV on your computer Back in 2001, Matteo Berlucchi, an Italian entrepreneur and academic, was ploughing through his email inbox trying to sort out the important messages... Read more >>

A 2020 vision for global research libraries Global Research Library 2020 (GRL 2020) is an initiative of the University of Washington Libraries and Microsoft Corporation to bring together global... Read more >>

The tablet PC and mathematics The Tablet PC has broadened our concept of how we use a personal computer: a mobile computer with a screen that allows for inputs via a pen or... Read more >>

Pushing the boundaries in graphics hardware The folks at RARE, one of the iconic pioneers in computer gaming, like to joke that the quiet surrounds of their headquarters, deep in the UK... Read more >>

“What if …?” - Breaking new ground in enterprise resource planning visualisation What if you could get assistance for your complicated business decisions by simply going through various What-If scenarios and having them visualised... Read more >>

Sophisticated graphic website and advert-tracking software set for 2008 launch The phenomenal growth of online advertising is driving demand for smarter tools to track results: enabling advertisers to see clearly how many people... Read more >>