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Microsoft’s TTS and Speech Recognition Technology

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Hey what is up with the Microsoft Speech Technology? I have a lot of people who are interested in using the TTS and Speech recognition that has been built into Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The code examples are anemic and there is...
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HTML 5: Specification news! Latest specifications released!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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HTML 5 Specifications current as of April 27, 2011 (the day this blog is posted) can be found at: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html If you are trying to stay ahead of the curve with respect to the current web technology, please take a look at...
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What’s new in Windows 7.5 (formerly Mango)

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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General stuff talked about elsewhere: Internet Explorer 9 coming to Windows Phone – with the same code base and features as the desktop with some minor differences specific to the phone (no Activex support for example). This brings HTML5 rendering...
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Coolness: 3D scanning using your PHONE!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Microsoft Research has come up with 3D scanning using your phone. Just think you could do a 3D scan of something and include it in your game design! Or use it to show off a heirloom treasure your mom has been dusting for years! Check it out...
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Pex4Fun: Create your own Coding Duel

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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This is soo cool, you can create your own coding duel and invite others to compete. It is easily done using the instructions provided by the Pex4Fun site. Give it a try. First use the template tool, either for F# or C#, then you enter a coding...
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Artificial Intelligence: F# versus other languages, am I contradicting myself? And will the royal couple consider AI during the wedding?

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Oh crud. I reposted an article that I had written a few years ago, and recommended C# as well as suggest that you take a look at LISP. And I need to include a mention of the Royal Wedding Couple to get a few views. Here are a few...
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F#: Edited articles with code

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Don’t know about you, but I enjoy reading edited articles. Oops. This isn’t an edited article. It’s a blog. Oh well. Since I was doing work on the earlier article, what the heck, here are some o the links that I used. I added...
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F#: With a few lines of code entered into the powershell and analyze gigabytes of cloud data!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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In the article: Parsing Log Files with F#, MapReduce and Windows Azure , Noah Gift discusses how to use F# with Azure to Map Reduce data. This article has code sample and shows how F# is comparable to python. Other important items discussed...
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Azure Cloud Outage caused by network error, egg on my face

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Oh don’t you hate it when you are all smug and think you are right. Walk into the room to make a big announcement about how great you are, and then someone points out that you are wrong, and you know it. Well, this is one of those times. ...
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Software Engineering: Success or no success, generally the schools aren’t going to be helpful

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Hadar Ziv, at UC Irvine, in my opinion, is the teacher you want to get to know. His specialty is loosely around software engineering, and his students are quite knowledgeable about the in and outs of system design. In Southern California another school...
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Windows 7 Milestone! 350 million licenses sold!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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This does not include the MSDNAA versions with are often (but not always) given away to students. After 18 months Microsoft has sold 350,000,000 copies of Windows 7. The link discusses and shows a typical user discussing their use of Windows 7:...
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Artificial Intelligence Tutorial: Video Games and Artificial Intelligence

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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This is an interesting tutorial, although it more like a reading and viewing of a slide deck and not a true tutorial. Video Games and Artificial Intelligence Other tutorials or papers you might want to take a look at are: Paper from 1996, easy read for...
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What is Lync? How does it benefit you? And a mention of artificial intelligence

Posted over 1 year ago

by Surf4Fun
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Inside of Microsoft we use a system called Lync for our phone, IM and collaboration. Take a look at: Lync Server 2010: Making the Lync with Microsoft Office This is a good article that explains the Lync Office Communicator in brief. Why is Lync...