Microsoft Research in Cambridge has teamed up with ETH Zurich Systems group to work on a new research operating system called Barrelfish which is being designed from the ground up, to cope with the demand of increasing number of processing cores, as well as the diversity in computer hardware. This is no the first time that Microsoft is working...

Reuters recently did a tour of Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge where they were shown Second Light, Sense Cam and other projects being worked on. They also have a huge, antique disk platter from main frames which had just 1 MB capacity. Surface PC and touch based computing seem to be a priority in the research labs as they show a few...

VPlay is a research project by Microsoft Research based on a multi-touch like a Surface Computer, which allows users to manipulate video in real time. Using real time interaction,  VJing is made possible on a multi-touch surface which provides new possibilities, unique interfaces and interesting human computer interaction. Different...

A very interesting video of the Microsoft Secret Underground Lab. If you just want to see the video for the surprises and not read spoilers, stop right here and click on the image above to see it. If you want to read this blog post before watching the video, carry on. The Microsoft Secret Underground Lab consists of a team of researchers...