Scientists should find this Word 2007 add-in very useful, especially when submitting to PubMed central. It also shows how this could be utilized with other systems need to capture Metadata at the time of authoring.
This Technology Preview release of the Article Authoring Add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 provides authors of scientific articles with the ability to read and write files from Word 2007 into the XML format used by the National Library of Medicine for archiving articles in the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, PubMed Central.
Download details: Article Authoring Add-in
More details on the add-in at Savas' blog
The Windows HPC team has just made public their Computational Finance Pilot where they are enabling execution of computational fiance models for university courses - there is a good paper on the implementation. It would be good to see if the same type of implementation could be used for offering up science based services. The pilot brings is comprised of the following components:
Introducing the Microsoft HPC++ CompFin Lab The Microsoft HPC++ CompFin Lab integrates Microsoft HPC Server, a central market data database and Microsoft productivity products to provide university courses and research with an online service to publish, execute and manage computational finance models. Read more about it on our home page located here.
Introducing the Microsoft HPC++ CompFin Lab
The Microsoft HPC++ CompFin Lab integrates Microsoft HPC Server, a central market data database and Microsoft productivity products to provide university courses and research with an online service to publish, execute and manage computational finance models. Read more about it on our home page located here.
Windows HPC Community - CompFin Pilot
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it's the technology that made Robert Scoble cry.) Download this TEDTalk in high-def (recommended!) >> More on the WorldWide Telescope >>
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it's the technology that made Robert Scoble cry.)
Download this TEDTalk in high-def (recommended!) >>
More on the WorldWide Telescope >>
TED | Talks | Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope (video)
The Open Source at Microsoft site is a really good location for information, resources, and links on open source activities. I found the Spikesource tidbit very beneficial -
Spikesource is proud to offer the first open source PHP applications tested and validated for Windows Server 2008. Learn more... OSI Approves Microsoft Licenses On October 16, 2007, OSI approved two Microsoft Shared Source licenses—the Microsoft Public License (Ms-Pl) and the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-Rl). Jon Rosenberg has more on Port 25 regarding these licenses, the approval process, and the continued excitement of Microsoft about participating in the open source community.
Spikesource is proud to offer the first open source PHP applications tested and validated for Windows Server 2008. Learn more...
On October 16, 2007, OSI approved two Microsoft Shared Source licenses—the Microsoft Public License (Ms-Pl) and the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-Rl). Jon Rosenberg has more on Port 25 regarding these licenses, the approval process, and the continued excitement of Microsoft about participating in the open source community.