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WIndows netbook runs on AA batteries

Just saw this posting on WindowsForDevices.com for the the Gecko EduBook that will be available in...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/12/2009

Graywulf Takes Byte Out of Data Overload

Graywulf is the natural evolution of Beowulf Clusters – it brings together HPC clusters and...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/08/2009

Math and equations in Office

One of the most hidden features in Word 2007 is the equation editor – it allows you to input...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/08/2009

Out of this World - NASA - International Space Station Photosynth collections

NASA released some out of the world Photosynth collections today – highlighting the International...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/07/2009

new CloudApp(): Azure™ Developer Challenge

The Azure folks have setup the new CloudApp() challenge – I’d like to see some Science apps created...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/05/2009

Windows 7 Federated Search Providers

I just updated two of my machines to Windows 7 RC and one of the neatest features is the ability to...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 05/04/2009

“Cophenhagen” – a user experience concept video

Just saw some of these great UI concept ideas by Cullen Dudas’ on istartedsomething and it’s a fun...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 04/17/2009

Wow - DeepZoomPix Technology Demo – Azure, Silverlight and Deep Zoom

Just tried out the DeepZoomPix Technology Demo – it’s pretty amazing – brings together Azure,...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 04/16/2009

100 hours of Astronomy at Galaxy Zoo – Join in

As part of IYA - Galaxy Zoo is working on 1 million classification clicks in 100 hours – ends on...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 04/02/2009

SharePoint Designer Available for Free

Since I utilize SharePoint Designer allot for editing internal SharePoint sites…this is a really...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 04/02/2009

WorldWide Telescope – Busy couple of weeks – NASA and SilverLight

Yesterday the joint press release went out on the collaboration and Space Act Agreement we’re been...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 03/25/2009

MSR Open Tools to Enhance Scientific Research Efforts Building on Science Commons Ontologies

At ETech 2009 today, the announcement went out that Science Commons in conjunction with MSR External...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 03/11/2009

WWT at TechFest on NYTimes.com

The NYTimes.com article by Ashlee Vance, included a great picture by Stuart Isett for The New York...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 03/02/2009

Microsoft Research TechFest 2009

Today is the first day of the MSR TechFest 2009 – a showcase of MSR technologies – you can see...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 02/24/2009

Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WWT

The use of online services such as Flickr to help scientists is in its infancy and applications...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 02/20/2009

eclipse4SL: Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight

Just saw a posting that eclipse4SL - the Eclipse tools for Silverlight project is available. It is...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 02/09/2009

The Earth, Stars, and Planets in 3D

One of the coolest new features of the WWT Solstice Borealis Beta (released at the beginning of Jan)...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/27/2009

WorldWide Telescope Academic Development Kit Release -Microsoft Research

With this ADK, users can convert their own astronomical images/data to the format that can be read...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/21/2009

Science Images in Photosynth

Here are a few really good synths of scientific images in Photosynth.  You can find others...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/20/2009

Swearing-in Ceremony on the Web

It will be great to be able to watch the swearing-in ceremony from any computer on the...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/19/2009

NodeXL for viewing and analyzing network graphs is available again (formally .NetMap)

NodeXL – the app formally know as .NetMap is available again on CodePlex.  NodeXL is a Excel...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/16/2009

So you don’t think you can Sing?

Now you can have your own musical accompaniment to match your voice without having to worry about...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/08/2009

Photosynth in Silverlight

Very neat to see a experimental Silverlight viewer for Photosynth. Here’s one synth I did while at...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/16/2008

eScience Conference in Pictures

Here’s some pictures from the Microsoft eScience Workshop.  AutoCollage makes it easy to do...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/11/2008

Document Interop – OpenXML to HTML

It’s good to see how the vision of the OpenXML document formats is being more fully realized,...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/10/2008

Carole Goble receives 1st Jim Gray eScience award

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/09/2008

eScience Unconference

Just finished up the Unconference event – bridging the Microsoft eScience Workshop and the IEEE...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/09/2008

InfoMesa Project – Whiteboard for your data

One of neatest apps I’ve see lately is InfoMesa – a project by Sam Batterman – the example is...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/09/2008

Interesting Papers from MSR – Nov 2008

Papers from the November 2008 drop Microsoft Research I found quite interesting. Txt-it Notes: Paper...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/02/2008

eScience 2008 Unconference Signup

The signup for the Unconference session at the 2008 eScience Conference is available. ...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 12/01/2008

GrayWulf (on SQL Server) wins SC’08 Storage Challenge

Congratulations to Alex Szalay and his amazing team at JHU for winning the SC’08 Storage Challenge –...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/26/2008

Thank-you Fargo!!!

So here I am in Austin attending SuperComputing’08 posting about WALL•E and WWT and then noticed...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/19/2008

WALL•E's Universe in WorldWide Telescope

Now this is fun science - Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/18/2008

Windows HPC Server 2008 cracks Top 10 in Top 500 list

The latest Top 500 list was released at Supercomputing Conference (SC08) in Austin, Texas today and...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/18/2008

HPC Server 2008 Experience Counts Academic Program

Great opportunity to get a special academic discount on Windows HPC Server 2008.  ...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/10/2008

Fun with Blog Maps – Oh North Dakota where are you?

It’s been a rainy Friday – so for fun I wanted to see how my WorldMap is doing.  I have hits...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/07/2008

University of Washington eScience Institute Rollout Event

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure to participate and present at the UW eScience Institute...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/06/2008

Electric Vehicle Conversion Project

It’s great to run across professors that try ideas out – especially outside of their field. ...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/03/2008

Virtual Earth in full view

Now this is a way to view Virtual Earth – talk about an immersive experience.  I would like to...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/28/2008

.NetMap @ Harvard

Marc Smith gave a (Excel) .NetMap online tutorial at Harvard this morning hosted by David Lazar of...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/27/2008

PDC watch remotely – Great News

This is really good to hear…being able to watch some of the PDC sessions remotely.  I’m looking...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/26/2008

DataDepot – Blogging, Visualize, and Engage with your Data

Looking for a way to interact around data – take a look at the MSR DataDepot, a place to communicate...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/24/2008

Blogging in Real Ink – electronic notebook?

Earlier this year I stumbled upon Adapx’s Capturx™  for Microsoft® Office OneNote® – which is a...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/24/2008

Asus Windows CE PND sports heads-up display

I can’t wait to see one of these in action in person…I’m willing to beta test :-) Asus announced a...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/13/2008

HPC - MPI.NET 1.0 Is Now Released...!

PhilPen has posted that the folks at Indiana University have released MPI.NET: High Performance C#...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/08/2008

Touchless

Touchless is a fun and very cool release available from Office Labs – all you need is a webcam and...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 10/07/2008

Science News to justify half a bar of chocolate per week - lowers risk of heart disease

I only wish the study coming out of the Moli-sani Project being run by Research Laboratories of the...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 09/24/2008

Image Composite Editor (ICE) available for download

The Interactive Visual Media Group from Microsoft Research has released Image Composite Editor (ICE)...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 09/23/2008

Virtual Earth 6.2 Technical Webcast

Here are a couple of upcoming Virtual Earth Webcasts to highlight the uses and details of the...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 09/17/2008

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