This new paper, by Microsoft Research scientists Ryen White and Eric Horvitz, must have been written about me. Web search is my first stop whenever I am wondering about a physical ailment (I mean, condition--well, you know what I mean: some physical situation...

I remember during the Tech Crash earlier this decade, a lot of my friends took advantage of the downturn to start a new company, many of which formed the seeds of what we now call Web2.0. Just in time for today's economic downturn, Microsoft has started...

My old speech team reminds me that the State of Washington has just deployed an audio indexing service that lets you do a keyword search through thousands of hours of government audio recordings. Read the details on Rob Chambers blog .