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pptPlex from OfficeLabs – making PowerPoint fun again
15 August 08 05:19 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
I’ve been using the internal drop of pptPlex from OfficeLabs for awhile and really enjoy using the zoomable canvas.  glad to see they’ve made it available to a wider audience.  I especially like being able to combine different presentations Read More...
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Live Mesh Video
13 August 08 12:37 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
I really like the functionality provided by Live Mesh…and the video below helps gets the vision across.  Beyond file syncing – I just tested out distributing a .NET 3rd party app using Live Mesh and the app runs flawlessly.  So I could install Read More...
Very Cool: make Xbox games, make money
22 July 08 11:29 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Wish I was creative enough to create a Xbox LIVE Community Games and not only get fame - but fortune :-)   I'd be interested in seeing some Science or environment related games up there - might be a way to educate as well as have fun. Once the Read More...
PHP Support in Expression Web 2
22 May 08 08:27 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Passing this note about PHP support in Expression Web 2.... PHP Support in Expression Web 2 For those who might wonder about how open Microsoft is to third-party development tools and/or languages, here's one answer : In response to feedback from Expression Read More...
Popfly Introduces Game Creator Alpha
02 May 08 11:49 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Just played the " Kill the Peas " game on the new Popfly Game Creator and it was pretty fun...what type of science game could be created... Popfly Introduces Game Creator Alpha Today we’re adding something special to Popfly : an early Read More...
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Silverlight-based cycle stealing
28 January 08 12:12 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   
Savas and I had talked about this idea of using Silverlight-based cycle stealing and wondered how well it would work. It's good to see this article on CodeProject about Legion: Build your own virtual super computer with Silverlight by Daniel Vaughan . Read More...
MPI.NET: High-Performance C# Library for Message Passing
17 January 08 05:11 PM | eScience | 2 Comments   
It's great to see a high-performance .net library for writing MPI apps in C#.  It would be good to hear about implementations using MPI.net and how it works.  It would also be neat to see someone test out MPI.net with F# .  Can't wait to Read More...
PopFly open to Public Beta
18 October 07 04:12 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   
It's great to see that PopFly is now open to a larger audience via it's public beta. I especially like the PopFly mashup Deb Agarwal (Berkeley Water Center) did with the AmeriFlux datasets they are working with - a good example of how you can visualize Read More...
RESTful architecture of Microsoft Robotics Studio « Jon Udell
09 August 07 07:14 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Ran across Jon Udell's screencast on the Robotics Studio and is' RESTful architecture...I've seen the demos in person and they are quite impressive. Also, I've run across a number of folks that have used the Robotics Studio infrastructure for modeling Read More...
Galaxy Zoo - Help classify a million galaxies
11 July 07 09:11 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   
Thanks to Alex Szalay (JHU) for pointing me to GalaxyZoo - now you can help classify galaxies. This really neat... Welcome to GalaxyZoo , the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking Read More...
Silverlight 1.1 2D Physics
07 July 07 12:14 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Very cool demo of a Silverlight and a 2D Physics engine... Silverlight 1.1 2D Physics May 22nd, 2007 · 19 Comments Are you tired of physics demos yet? I hope not because I’ve just made another one It’s using the Managed Bullet Physics library I ported Read More...
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Virtual Earth MapCruncher new release
27 June 07 10:22 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
There is a new release of MapCruncher...check it out... MapCruncher lets users quickly convert existing maps into an online format that’s as fast and easy to use as Virtual Earth. PDF and raster maps can be converted in minutes just by clicking on corresponding Read More...
Microsoft Research Releases Tools to Help Science Progress Toward an AIDS Vaccine
14 June 07 01:17 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
You know there are times when superlatives don't do justice - I'll just leave it at this - David and Carl are doing great things - take a look at the app and the code...and the cool part is that the PhyloD code will run on the DigiePede Network ..... Read More...
MSR Asirra: A Human Interactive Proof
16 May 07 02:06 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Nice to see Asirra available and ready to add to web sites... Asirra Asirra is a human interactive proof that asks users to identify photos of cats and dogs. It's powered by over two million photos from our unique partnership with Petfinder.com . Protect Read More...
HD View Utilities 1.1 Released
10 May 07 10:23 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
Version 1.1 of HD View Utilities Released Today we've posted a new version of the HD View Utilities . Thank you to everyone who has given us feedback in the past few weeks. Most of the changes are based on bugs and suggestions sent to us by users. Source: Read More...
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