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November 2006 - Posts

Word to your mother

I really love this comic strip. Its not really funny but for those who can appreciate retro rap humor and a bit of nerd PUNishment its well...cool It has absolutely nothing to do with China but I enjoy showing it to my local colleagues here and watching Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:59 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Meeting Mr. Bell

I remember when Gordon Bell, an esteemed researcher at MS Research came to visit our office in Beijing. He gave a great talk on some of the various things he was working on ... especially MyLifeBits. Being able to record all your experiences into a Life Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:18 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Baidu takes on the global music alliance and wins the right to keep showing free MP3s - for now.

On Baidu, you can type an MP3 song name and find a website in China where you can download the music for free. Its like Bit Torrent without the torrent. From what I understand this service only works in China and does not function if you use it outside Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:57 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Saw my first PS3 in China

I went to Gulou district with Chris Early (General Manager of MS Casual Games) and Dave Albert (Group Manager of Carbonated Games) to see what kind of games and guitars are available in China. In one of the first game stores we looked inside there was Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:39 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Windows Vista is finally shipping ! More support for Asian Languages as well.

Now that Microsoft will be shipping Vista soon to the public, there is a general sense of relief of finally making this milestone. At least three of the features that I have been working on will finally ship at last. Smart Thumbnails for recorded images Read More...
Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 8:34 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Web 2.0 type lectures in China using Flickr and Podcasting

My friend Mark, a professor at Tsinghia University in Beijing (China's #1 Engineering and perhaps #1 School) came up with a novel idea to distribute the lectures that he provides to students and clients. He saves his powerpoint slides as jpegs and loads Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:11 PM by msracid | 1 Comments
 
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