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Here are the best parts from the second tape I shot during my tour of Microsoft Research’s TechFest with Kevin Schofield. On this “short” you’ll see:

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Tags: Microsoft Research, TechFest, Kevin Schofield

My editor, Rocky, picked the coolest stuff off of my tour of Microsoft Research’s TechFest with Kevin Schofield. Here, in the third editor’s choice from the tour, we pick out the best parts from the second tape I shot. On this “short” you’ll see: (more…)

Tags: TechFest, Kevin Schofield

Passionate Kevin Schofield continues us on the tour of Microsoft Research’s TechFest. Interesting demos you’ll see on this second part? (more…)

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Rocky picked the coolest stuff off of the Microsoft Research TechFest Tour so if you only have 16 minutes, you can see our favorite stuff from the tour (part 1 of the full tour is about an hour long, so we’ve edited it down into three more shorter videos — this is the second part).

Here’s what you’ll find on this shorter version:

1. Matt Uyttendaele shows off HUGE (4 gigapixel or so) photos with a killer “tiling” system that displays them wicked fast.
2. Linking the real world to the Web with pictures (killer camera phone research).
3. Richard Harper demonstrates a bunch of hardware concepts and trials for home users.

Tags: Microsoft Research, TechFest, Matt Uyttendaele, 4 gigapixel, Richard Harper

Rocky picked the coolest stuff off of Part 1 of the Microsoft Research TechFest Tour, so if you only have 12 minutes, you can see our favorite stuff from the tour (part 1 of the full tour is about an hour long, so we’ve edited it down into three shorter videos — this is the first part).

Here’s what you’ll find on this shorter version:

1. VIBE group shows off synchronizing via mobile phone research
2. Andy Wilson shows off a cool set of apps that use video cameras in a new way (don’t miss this, it rocks!)
3. Daniel Robbins shows off a new “tap UI” for phones.

Tags: Microsoft Research, TechFest, VIBE, Andy Wilson, Daniel Robbins

Kevin Schofield invited me up to see Microsoft Research’s TechFest. We get to see a TON of cool stuff (some of the coolest research ever). Kevin is the guy responsible for moving technology from Research into the product teams, so he seems to know everyone working on Research and what’s cool about it. This is the first tape. It’s about an hour long, but you’ll meet some really great technologists who are doing some eye popping research. If you can’t handle the long version (a second one will come up in a few days) we’ve picked a few of the cooler parts and will put those out shortly.

What will you see?

1. 2:11: VIBE group shows off synchronizing via mobile phone research
2. 10:09: Andy Wilson shows off a cool set of apps that use video cameras in a new way (don’t miss this, it rocks!)
3. 19:50: Daniel Robbins shows off a new “tap UI” for phones.
4. 23:35: Matt Uyttendaele shows off HUGE (4 gigapixel or so) photos with a killer “tiling” system that displays them wicked fast.
5. 29:52: Linking the real world to the Web with pictures (killer camera phone research).
6. 34:04: Speech recognition for podcasts.
7. 36:50: Frank Seide shows video exploration and discovery for Media Center PCs.
8. 45:31: Richard Harper demonstrates a bunch of hardware concepts and trials for home users.
9. 52:00: Vibhore Goyal shows using SMS to blogging and research in India.
10. 54:25: Rajesh Veeraraghavan is doing research with farmers in India to find better education systems for them.

Tags: Kevin Schofield, TechFest, VIBE, Andy Wilson, Daniel Robbins, Matt Uyttendaele, Frank Seide, Richard Harper, Vibhore Goyal, Rajesh Veeraraghavan

I invited four geeks, representing both sides of the OS aisle. First is Fred Davis, co-founder of Wired Magazine. Second is Harry McCracken, Editor in Chief of PC World. Third is Sam Levin, founder of Stanford Mac User Group, among other Mac things. Fourth is Jeremy Toeman who worked at Sling Media when I first met him.

Maryam (my wife) and I fed the group burritos and then kicked off the debate. We recorded two hours of this (you can find the first hour here), no demos, so you can run it in the background and listen to it. Special prize (our undying respect) goes to anyone who watches all two hours of this.

I invited four geeks, representing both sides of the OS aisle. First is Fred Davis, co-founder of Wired Magazine. Second is Harry McCracken, editor in chief of PC World. Third is Sam Levin, founder of Stanford Mac User Group, among other Mac things. Fourth is Jeremy Toeman who worked at Sling Media when I first met him.

Maryam (my wife) and I fed the group burritos and then kicked off the debate. We recorded two hours of this (this segment is the first hour — second installment here), no demos, so you can run it in the background and listen to it. Special prize (our undying respect) goes to anyone who watches all two hours of this.

Tags: Fred Davis, Wired Magazine, Harry McCracken, PC World, Sam Levin, Stanford Mac User Group, Jeremy Toeman, Sling Media, Maryam

Maryam Scoble ran into Mary Jo Foley at the BlogHaus, where she talked about why her name was once feared on the Microsoft Campus, why she covers Microsoft topics and what she is working on now.

Tags: Maryam Scoble, Mary Jo Foley, BlogHaus, Microsoft

This is probably Microsoft’s biggest CES ever with Windows Vista shipping in a few days and Bill Gates met with bloggers from Engadget, Gizmodo, Kotaku, PodTech.net, and Joystiq for a wide-ranging interview about everything from Bill’s speeding tickets to software that’ll take full advantage of multi-core processors.

Bill Gates keynote and other info are up on the Microsoft at CES site.

Tags: Microsoft, CES, Windows, Vista, Bill Gates, Engadget, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Joystiq