I do look forward to seeing the daily image Bing has as background on the search page – and was really excited to see “Bing’s Best” as a Win7 theme, I’ve been enjoying some great photos rotating on my desktop…
[Update] You can also add this functionality to WindowsXP
Wallpaper Rotator, from Microsoft's CodePlex, allows to dynamically change the desktop background (similar to Windows 7). (Thanks to Blake from The Road to Know Where)
Personalization Gallery - Windows 7 themes, wallpapers, and gadgets - Microsoft Windows
The Microsoft Research External Research group has started a blog – the initial post is from Tony Hey CVP
Welcome to the Microsoft External Research blog The inspiration behind this blog is a strong desire to foster connections that lead to meaningful breakthroughs; to engage in ongoing dialog in an open forum; to discuss and debate the information and ideas critical to harnessing the power of science and technology to address the most urgent global challenges. Every day, I have the privilege of witnessing the wonder of discovery, regardless of where it takes place, or whether it’s undertaken by academic researchers and scientists around the world or within Microsoft External Research. For those of us at Microsoft External Research, the opportunity to collaborate with the finest and researchers and scientists working across the globe today is the core of everything we do. [more]
The inspiration behind this blog is a strong desire to foster connections that lead to meaningful breakthroughs; to engage in ongoing dialog in an open forum; to discuss and debate the information and ideas critical to harnessing the power of science and technology to address the most urgent global challenges.
Every day, I have the privilege of witnessing the wonder of discovery, regardless of where it takes place, or whether it’s undertaken by academic researchers and scientists around the world or within Microsoft External Research. For those of us at Microsoft External Research, the opportunity to collaborate with the finest and researchers and scientists working across the globe today is the core of everything we do.
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External Research Team Blog
In addition to downloading the Fourth Paradigm book for free from the Microsoft Research website – you can now purchase a hardcopy or a Kindle version from Amazon. Of course using the Kindle for PC provides a great experience for reading the book.
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery ~ Tony Hey (Author), Stewart Tansley (Editor), Kristin Tolle (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Paradigm-Data-Intensive-Scientific-Discovery/dp/0982544200/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261412243&sr=8-3