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Mobility and Networking Researchers Making a Big Impact in the Cloud
The annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) is always a highlight for those who follow the latest developments in applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication. SIGCOMM 2014, to be…
Finding More Space in Spectrum
Radio and TV channels, mobile communications, GPS, and emergency communications are just a few examples of applications that occupy the airwaves. The radio spectrum is a finite resource, but demand for bandwidth is accelerating. As a result, the telecommunications industry…
Collaboration, Expertise Produce Enhanced Sensing in Xbox One
Cyrus Bamji had encountered a challenge. Luckily for him, Microsoft Research had just the solution. Bamji, Microsoft partner hardware architect for Microsoft’s Silicon Valley-based Architecture and Silicon Management group, and members of his team were trying to incorporate a time-of-flight…
Big Advances in Data-Center Networking
These are exciting times for networking researchers. New developments in data-center networking—and the new efficiencies those advances offer—are making this one of the hottest fields in computing. Major figures in networking and communications research gather in Hong Kong from August…
Dans l’actualité | GeekWire
Microsoft wants to patent gestures inside cars … no, not that kind
The company, which brought gesture controls to the living room via its Kinect sensor for Xbox 360, is now thinking about bringing them to the car via smartphones.
Dans l’actualité | MIT Technology Review
Mobile Summit 2013: Camera Tweaks Should Boost Gadget Battery Life
Researchers at Microsoft and Rice University have developed a way to make digital camera sensors far more energy-efficient.
Dans l’actualité | SIGMOBILE
SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award 2013
For pioneering contributions to wireless Internet broadband technologies, and for inspirational leadership of the mobile computing community.
Dans l’actualité | The New York Times
A Wireless Road Around Data Traffic Jams
The wireless signal that the Microsoft group uses to carry multigigabits of data per second between racks isn’t the familiar Wi-Fi of coffee-shop hot spots. That type of signal spreads out over an entire room so that many people can…
Multiplayer Gaming for Smartphones
By Douglas Gantenbein, Senior Writer, Microsoft News Center People love their smartphones—and they love to play games on them. On common smartphone software platforms, including Windows Phone, games are among the most popular applications and constitute the vast majority of…