Computer wizards join hands with sociologists
Economic Times, August 4 2008 Bill Gates may have stepped down from an active role at Microsoft, but he has been pursuing his passion to serve the world through his outreach programmes. During his tour of universities recently, he happened to talk about a ‘Digitial Green’ programme initiated by the Microsoft Research Lab, India, in Kanakapura villages. Read more… Farmers techangel
Mail Today, August 3, 2008 IT IS A Swades - like story that is proving to be extremely successful. Perhaps, its Gandhigiri with a twist! This is the tale of an America- born Indian who has come to the country of his origin to help out Karnatakas farmers. Read more… India Project Addresses Location Search from a New Direction
Robust Location Search, a research project from Microsoft Research India, takes a new approach to solve unstructured or error-laden geospatial queries. Read more... Web 3.0- What Is In Store For The Web
i.t. Magazine, July 2008 The answer, very simply, is “Web 3.0”. Yes, in case you hadn’t noticed, the Web now comes complete with version numbers. We’re currently in the second decade of the Web, more popularly known as Web 2.0, after Dale Dougherty, one of the co-founders of O’Reilly Media, came up with the term in late 2004. Read more… A Research Centre Working On The Art Of Science
i.t. Magazine, June 2008 A journey through the corridors of one of India’s best research centres provided not only interesting insights about the research scenario in the country, but also about what makes MSR India a dream destination for any researcher. Read more… Missing or misplaced objects can be common in offices, especially within large organizations. Many businesses today are equipped with security cameras and alarms in addition to security guards, but reviewing what might be days of footage to track down a missing item can be time-consuming and expensive. Read more… Imagine that your car gets stuck in traffic in India. As you wait, small two-wheelers go around you and move to the front of the line. Auto rickshaws navigate expertly through gaps you thought were non-existent. And, finally, a truck rolls to a stop next to you in the blistering midday heat. What would you give to avoid this? Read more… Spread the farmer’s word
Hindu Business Line, July 7, 2008 It is a talent hunt all right but there is a twist in the tale that makes all the difference! To pick winners is definitely the motive, but the greater goal is to share with others the recipe for the winner’s success. Read more... Initially, Rikin Gandhi was taken aback. He was in the Swedish capital in mid-May for the biennial Stockholm Challenge, seated during a banquet attended by a collection of dignitaries and most of the owners of 145 world-class information-communication-technology research projects selected as award finalists. Read more... Have you ever faced a situation where your device or software application did not work properly and caused your computer to hang, freeze, or even crash at the most inopportune of moments? Read more... Microsoft researching traffic solution for smartphone users
Livemint, April 24, 2008 Imagine how easier life would be for people driving on India’s roads, if they could avoid a traffic situation, a crowded junction, or a road full of potholes, just by using their smartphones. Read more... Microsoft TechFest 2008: Interview with P. Anandan, Microsoft Research India
CNET.com.au, April 1, 2008 Microsoft Research hits the road with mobile tech
ITWorld Canada, March 11, 2008 Mobile technologies, from Wi-Fi to RFID, took centre stage among the two-dozen-plus prototypes on display for the press last week at Microsoft Research’s annual developer show-and-tell, TechFest. Read more... Microsoft researches user interface for the illiterate
ComputerWorld, March 07, 2008 Microsoft Corp.'s research arm is working on technology that would enable its engineers to build a user interface for the illiterate.
Scientists in Microsoft Research's laboratory in Bangalore, India, have been working on the project since 2005, according to P. Anandan, the facility's managing director. Read more... TechFest takes a worldview
Seattle PI, March 05, 2008 Microsoft Corp. may have come up with a cure for the common pothole -- or at least an easier way for drivers to avoid one. Read more... Inside Microsoft Research: The Cutting Edge on Display
PCWorld, March 04, 2008 Company takes wraps off a myriad of internal research projects, including wireless and social-networking innovations. Read more... Microsoft researchers think local in India, find global fixes
Livemint, January 17, 2008 Three years after starting with the premise that a problem has better chances of being solved by being close to it, Microsoft Research (MSR) India is ready with a tool that could make online location search here and in other countries easier and more accurate. Read more... Farmers catch the tech bug
The Times of India, January 07, 2008 The sugarcane cooperative of Warana, a village in Maharashtra, serves about 70,000 farmers across 75 villages. Since October 2006, farmers in seven villages have begun sending SMSes to the PC-based system at the backend and receive information regarding each farmer’s produce, their fertilizer outputs, issuance of harvesting permits and getting their pay stubs. All thanks to a project by Microsoft Research’s technology for emerging markets group. Read more... Microsoft to research advanced algorithms in India
InfoWorld, December 20, 2007 Microsoft Research in India has formed a group to work on advanced software algorithms, looking for a way to more efficiently process and analyze the large volumes of data generated by Web applications and scientific research. Read more... Missed Calls: A New Way of Communicating
The Kamla Bhatt Show, December 15, 2007 `We may soon begin projects with Indian govt`
Business Standard, October 22, 2007 Rick Rashid has been the head of Microsoft Research (MSR) ever since he founded the organisation 15 years ago, in September 1991. The senior vice-president, head of Microsoft Research, is a proud “daddy” for the 800-odd researchers who work in five different research labs in six different locations around the world. Read more... Research has been critical in our ability to be competitive
Livemint.com, October 15, 2007 The most important thing you can do in research is hire all the right people and give them the right environment to work in He likes to call himself the oldest. Rick Rashid is the only Microsoft executive who has been in the same job for the last three decades. Read more... Microsoft, IISc research pact
Hindustan Times, October 12, 2007 Microsoft research announced a research and collaboration agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Friday. Read more... Microsoft inks research pact with IISc
Livemint, October 12, 2007 Microsoft Research will provide funding, expertise to assist with projects in life sciences research and advanced computing platforms. Read more... The Hindu, October 15, 2007- Microsoft announces agreement with IISc
HPCWire, October 12, 2007- Microsoft Research, Indian Institute of Science to Collaborate
CIOL.com, October 12, 2007- Microsoft Research ties-up with IISc
Business Standard, October 12, 2007- Microsoft, IISc ally for tech computing study
Economic Times, October 12, 2007- Microsoft signs agreement with IISc for research collaboration
Newindpress.com, October 13, 2007- Microsoft, IISc begin joint scientific research Microsoft research Fellowships
The Hindu, August 07, 2007 The software giant is offering scholarships to attract talented scholars to work in computer science and engineering. Read more... Children’s day out at Microsoft India
Times of India, May 19, 2007 In a unique initiative to enhance the employees’ work-life balance and to enthuse generation next with excitement about innovation and technology, Microsoft India celebrated a ‘Bring Your Child to Work’ day on Wednesday. Read more... Microsoft Research, IISc to offer NLP course
CIOL, May 04, 2007 The program aims to build research interest in Natural Language Processing. Read more... Bangalore dreams of a second Silicon Valley Inside India: R&D with Microsoft, TCS and SAP...
Silicon.com, April 2, 2007 Away from the giant gleaming campuses that house thousands of IT workers across Bangalore, it's possible to find smaller, more thoughtful operations staffed by academics and top technical experts. Read more... Mapping industry yet to mature here
Hindu Business Line, March 27, 2007 India has not caught onto the mapping fever that's hit other countries. Lack of sufficient and clear geographic data is dragging the industry back, even as the demand rises. Read more... Microsoft unveils future technologies
Ciol.com, March 08, 2007 Microsoft Research Labs, the research wing of Microsoft, exhibits more than 100 innovations being worked on by its five labs, spread across the world. Read more... Microsoft Research reveals new innovations at TechFest
ars technica, March 07, 2007 I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again: Microsoft Research has some great ideas. Given that this is the week of TechFest, the Microsoft Research group has taken the time to unveil some of its latest creations including a PC telescope, living scrapbook, mobile SMS server, and a new twist on interactive surfaces. Let's take a look at what's inside these latest innovations. Read more... SMS Servers Replacing PCs in India
O'Reilly radar, March 06, 2007 Sean Blagsvedt and Rajesh Veeraraghavan of Microsoft Research India (blog) presented at ETel last week. They told us about some amazing work they have been doing with mobile phones and SMS servers. Read more... MS, Infy to research on building software
Times of India, January 25, 2007 Microsoft Research (MSR) is a unit that seeks to make computing easier and affordable. Infosys Technologies excels in building and providing large-scale software solutions. On Tuesday, the two companies announced a collaboration to figure out newer ways to build software and make it work more effectively. Read more... Microsoft, Infosys team on software engineering research
ComputerWorld, January 23, 2007 Microsoft Corp.'s research lab in India has teamed up with an Indian outsourcer, Infosys Technologies Ltd., to research issues in software engineering. Read more... Microsoft, Infosys team on software engineering
NetworkWorld, January 23, 2007- Microsoft, Infosys joint research of software engineering
itWorldCanada, January 23, 2007 MS, Infy to tackle scale challenges in tandem
Economic Times, January 24, 2007 Microsoft Research Lab India and software services giant Infosys Technologies will collaborate to address some challenges that are typically faced while building very large IT systems. Read more... Now, keyboards can take a backseat
CNN-IBN, January 22, 2007 Tappity tap tappity tap- that is the sound made by people at work. Imagine a world without keyboards, mice or keypads full of tiny keys. Read more... Microsoft to enable multiple mouses on a PC
Times of India, December 16, 2006 Joyojeet Pal, a PhD student from Berkeley Institute, US, visited a school run by Azim Premji Foundation in 2005. He found several students sharing one PC. One aggressive kid was handling the mouse, while the rest were mere spectators. Read more... Microsoft readies PC-sharing tool
InfoWorld, December 14, 2006 Technology allows several computer mice to be used with a PC simultaneously
Microsoft plans to commercialize technology developed at its India lab that allows several computer mice to be used with a PC simultaneously. The technology, developed last year by Microsoft Research Lab India in Bangalore, enables several mice to be connected to a PC's USB (universal serial bus) port, helping to make up for the shortage of computers at schools in India and other emerging economies. Read more... Microsoft in India
Technology Review, June 01, 2006 A top executive at Microsoft Research's newest lab, in Bangalore, India, outlines its evolving R&D strategy. Read more... Adapting PC's for the Developing World
The Chronicle, May 26, 2006 People in the developing world don’t need the same kind of computers and PDA’s designed for white-collar workers in rich nations, but digital technology can help them, argues Kentaro Toyama, assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India, the software giant’s lab in Bangalore. Read more... Microsoft Research India Partners with the University of California Berkeley and Others to Host Academic Conference on Technology for Developing Countries
Webwire, May 25, 2006 Can existing technologies be adapted to meet the diverse needs of people living in developing countries, where local languages vary, literacy is low and access to electrical power, not to mention bandwidth, is limited? Or are new technologies needed instead? Can lessons learned in one part of the world be transferred to other regions? Read more... With a futuristic eye
Deccan Herald, May 24, 2006 From mobile computing to cryptography, Microsoft Research India is venturing into diverse avenues. At the Bangalore-based Microsoft Research India, all the stereotypical ideas of scientists are smashed by the smiling faces. Being the research division of the world's famous software vender, scientists here not only stir academic interest, but also determine the technology areas which are likely to capture the corporation's attention. Read more... Innovation is global, says Microsoft executive
ITWorld, Jan 16, 2006 Innovation has always been a global enterprise, and even within the U.S. about half of all PhDs are given to people that were not born in the U.S., according to Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, the research and development (R&D) arm of Microsoft Corp. Read more... Microsoft Research India to work on cryptography
Infoworld, Jan 10, 2006 Microsoft Research announced Tuesday that it is setting up a group to do research in cryptography at its lab in Bangalore, India. Cryptography is a key area of research for Microsoft Research because of its impact in areas such as basic computer security, media rights, and management, said Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research. Read more... Indian techies have begun to come back
Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005 People are beginning to rely less on typed text as they gain the freedom to interact with computers in more natural ways, such as by using voice, handwriting and touch. Microsoft Research India managing director P Anandan envisions a time when people’s personal and business information will be stored securely on the internet, synchronised automatically and available instantly to them any time, any place and on any device. Read more... Microsoft R & D Seeks Global Tech Talent, Not Bargains
Workforce Management, July 2005 The new global model for workforce management entails going to the talent wherever it may be. Companies in the highly competitive, knowledge-driven IT industry are now looking well beyond the established knowledge pools in the U.S. and Europe to build a global R&D workforce. Read more... Microsoft Research aims to ease development
InfoWorld, June 13 2005 Microsoft Research is working on a technology that will enable software developers and system integrators (SIs) to develop and modify enterprise business applications at a higher abstraction level than basic coding, according to a researcher at Microsoft Research India in Bangalore. Read more... Microsoft Research India: What's Up?
Dr.Dobbs Portal, June 2 2006 An ode to India
Hindu Business Line, Mar 14 2005 Microsoft displays next-gen computing
Ciol, Mar 4 2005 Multimouse PC Microsoft Plans PC Sharing Device in India
CIO, December 14 2006 Microsoft readies PC-sharing tool in India
NetworkWorld, December 14 2006 Indian school study leads to computing...
Mid-Day, December 10 2006 More children in low-income areas around the world could get better access to computer-aided education thanks to ethnographic field research done in low-income Indian schools. Read more... Can't afford computers? Just buy more mice!
Hindu Business Line, September 12 2006 If you can't afford to buy more personal computers (PCs), just buy more mice. That's the idea behind the Bangalore-based Microsoft Research Labs' new experiment in schools in rural Karnataka. Read more... In India, Microsoft turns one PC into several
InfoWorld, Nov 30 2005 Microsoft Research Lab India is piloting a technology with schoolchildren in a suburb of Bangalore that lets several computer mice be used with a PC simultaneously to make up for a shortage of computers. Read more... Mouses: You've Come a Long Way Mickey
Dr.Dobbs Portal, June 7 2006 Many mice per PC makes for more hands
ITWorld Canada, Dec 1 2005 Text Free User Interfaces Microsoft tackles illiteracy
CBS News, Mar 2 2006 Can someone who doesn't even know how to read or write use a computer Microsoft Corp. is probing that question at a research lab in India. Read more... MS project to help illiterates use computers in India
Hindustan Times, Mar 2 2006 Microsoft Corp's Office software and Windows operating system is typically associated with slick "information workers" on the go, using the latest technology to solve complex business problems. At a company research and development lab in India, however, workers are grappling with a much different problem: How to use technology to help people who cannot read or write, let alone use a computer. Read more... Microsoft seeking ways to help illiterate
USA Today, Mar 1 2006 PhD Fellowships 2006 Microsoft Research promotes research as a career in India
Infoworld Microsoft Research Lab India Pvt. Ltd. announced Wednesday doctoral fellowships in India to encourage students to take up research in computer science as a career. Read more... Microsoft announces Ph.D. Fellowships in India
The Hindu, August 2 2006 Microsoft Research India today announced its Ph.D. Fellowships in India aimed at encouraging students to take up research in computer science as a career. Instituted by Microsoft Research's External Research and Programmes Group, each awardee of the Ph.D. Fellowships will receive about USD 5,000 per year over four years, and also USD 5,000 for attending seminars and conference during the term of the fellowship, a Microsoft statement said. Read more... Microsoft announces Ph.D. fellowships
Silicon India, August 2 2006 Microsoft Research India today announced its Ph.D. Fellowships in India. Instituted by Microsoft Research’s External Research & Programs Group, the Ph.D. Fellowships are aimed at encouraging students to take up research as a career, a key qualification for which is to get a doctoral degree. Each awardee will receive approximately $5,000 per year over four years, and also $5,000 for attending seminars and conferences during the term of the fellowship. The fellows will also have the option of a three-month to six-month internship at Microsoft Research India. Read more... Microsoft's $25,000 PhD program in India
Rediff.com, August 03 2006 Microsoft Research India on Wednesday announced its PhD Fellowships in India. Instituted by Microsoft Research's External Research & Programs Group, the fellowships are aimed at encouraging students to take up research as a career. Read more... Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowships
Activewin.com Microsoft announces PHD Fellowships in India
Newkerala Microsoft announces PHD fellowships in India
Zee News, August 2 2006 Microsoft India announces PhD fellowships
Business Standard, August 2 2006 Microsoft Research Summer School 2006 on Algorithms, Complexity and Cryptology Microsoft India to hold tech summer school
Economic Times, May 18 2006 Microsoft Research India is organising a three-week summer school here for tech graduates and researchers on cryptography, algorithms and security. To be held from May 22 to June 10 in partnership with the mathematics department of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at the IISc campus, the school will focus on the critical areas not available in textbooks or covered in the academic syllabus. Read more... MS to encourage budding researchers
Hindu Business Line, May 20 2006 Efforts are on at Microsoft Research India to encourage budding researchers in the country. With the start of Research Summer School, the company will bring in experts and professors from top universities such as Yale, Stanford and Cambridge to teach participants about a specific research topic. The topics scheduled this time are algorithms, cryptography and security. Read more... Microsoft Research India to hold summer schools
Zee news, May 19 2006 As part of its education initiative, Microsoft Research India yesterday announced a first-of-its-kind series of "summer schools To be held at the IISC campus here from May 22 to June 10, the Microsoft Research summer schools would help participants learn from leading international experts and network with the global research community, Microsoft Research India managing director Dr P Anandan told reporters here. Read more... Microsoft partners with IISc, IIT-M on summer schools
Moneycontrol, May 19 2006 Microsoft Research India has started its Research Summer Schools, as part of its efforts to promote better computer education in the country. Microsoft Research Summer schools will be held annually, helping participants learn from leading international experts and network with the global research community. The schools will introduce students and young researchers to important areas such as cryptography, algorithms and complexity. Read more... 22 May: Microsoft Research Summer School
EFY Times, May 19 2006 As part of its education initiative, Microsoft Research India starts first-of-its-kind series of summer schools
India Daily, May 19 2006 Summer school with Microsoft
Silicon India, May 19 2006 Microsoft Research partners with IISc, IIT-M to start summer school
Ciol, May 18 2006 Microsoft Research to hold summer school
Yahoo India, May 18 2006 Microsoft Research India Expands into Cryptography [TechVista 2006] Microsoft expands cryptography research in India
EE Times, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research, the software giant’s applied and basic research arm, is expanding its activities at its year-old lab here. It also unveiled at its annual research symposium here a prototype of a multi-lingual and interactive digital map of the country. Read more... Microsoft Research India to expand operations
Times of India, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research (MSR) India, the fledgling basic research facility of Microsoft Corporation, on Thursday announced plans to expand operations over the next 18 months, including creation of a new research group for cryptography and security. Read more... Microsoft Expands Research Presence in India
Ecommerce times, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Research India announced plans this week to expand its operations over the next 18 months. The company intends to bolster teams in existing research areas and to create a new research group for cryptography and security. Read more... Microsoft Research India to expand
Deccan Herald, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research India on Thursday announced that it would double its current employee strength of 50, including interns from both within the country and abroad, and take up research in new areas such as Cryptography and security. Read more... Microsoft Research to double India staff count
DNA India, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research India on Thursday announced that it would double its current employee strength of 50, including interns from both within the country and abroad, and take up research in new areas such as Cryptography and security.
Read more... Microsoft Research To Up Headcount, Explore New Avenues
EFYTimes, Jan 13 2006 Microsoft Research India to Work on Cryptography
Outsourcing World, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft to expand research in India
The Inquirer, Jan 12 2006 Virtual India [TechVista 2006] Sibal favours autonomy for universities
The Hindu, Jan 13 2006 A partnership between academic institutions, government and corporates is needed to transform the education system and bring out the best in human resource, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sibal said here on Thursday. Read more... Interactive digital map of India unveiled
Deccan Herald, Jan 13 2006 The country’s first prototype of a multilingual, interactive, digital map of India was unveiled on Thursday by Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal at Microsoft Research India’s annual research symposium, TechVista 2006. Read more... Microsoft Research demos interactive map of India
Network World, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research Thursday demonstrated the prototype of a multilingual interactive digital map of India at a research symposium in Bangalore, India. Read more... Microsoft Research India Demonstrates Multilingual Interactive Digital Map
Techweb.com, Jan 12 2006 During its annual research symposium, TechVista 2006, Microsoft Research India today demonstrated the first prototype of a multilingual interactive digital map of India. Kapil Sibal, Honorable Minister of Science and Technology of India, unveiled the research prototype. Microsoft Research India and the Department of Science and Technology began collaboration on this research project in 2005. Read more... Microsoft Research creates multilingual Virtual India Map
Deccan Herald, Jan 12 2006 Browsing the internet, one can now view a virtual map of the country in English and other Indian languages and move into the local locality or identify the required spot, thanks to a prototype multilingual interactive digital map developed by the Microsoft Research India in collaboration with the Science and Technology Department. Read more... Microsoft develops digital map of India
Hindu Business Line, Jan 13 2006 Microsoft Research Demos Multilingual Interactive Digital Map of India
IT news online.com, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft unveils digital map of India
Rediff.com, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft India unveils digital map
Economic Times, Jan 12 2006 Microsoft Research India Facility Inauguration MSR, C-DAC to develop language computing
ZDNetindia, October 10 2005 Microsoft Research (MSR) India, which opened its new 20,000 sq ft facility 'Scientia' in Bangalore on Friday, has collaborated with C-DAC to develop Indian language computing.
MSR India and C-DAC initially plan to work on multilingual web search, browsing and indexing, machine translation among Indian languages and English, multilingual user interface, handwriting and speech, said P Anandan, managing director of Microsoft Research India. Read more... MS research focussed on emerging markets — Opens new facility in Bangalore, in tie-up with C-DAC, IITs
Hindu Business Line, October 8 2005 MICROSOFT Research India (MSRI), which opened its new facility in Bangalore on Friday, said that it has tied up with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to carry out research on multi-lingual Web search, browsing and indexing, and machine translation among Indian languages and English. Read more... Microsoft official wants India to revamp curriculum
The Hindu, October 8 2005 India needs to re-orient its engineering curriculum to cover business-related aspects if it is to emerge as a much bigger force in the global information technology map, according to Craig Mundie, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice-President for Advanced Strategies and Policies, Microsoft Corporation. Read more... Microsoft to collaborate on research with India's C-DAC
Infoworld, Oct 7 2005 Microsoft's new facility inaugurated
Economic Times, October 7 2005 Microsoft Research opens new facility in Bangalore
Ciol.com, October 7 2005 TechVista 2005 Microsoft launches R&D ops in India
Economic Times, Jan 13 2005 Microsoft Research India and the Union ministry of Science and Technology and Ocean Development signed a memorandum of understanding to partner in science and technology research projects. The first collaborative project will be a geographic information systems project that will bring a variety of satellite imagery , remote sensing and other geographic data together in a geographically indexed database. Read more... Microsoft Research India aims to impact villages
ZDNet India, Jan 12 2005 Microsoft is keen on doing pure research in India that would show how "computing could impact rural areas and benefit emerging markets", says a senior scientist-businessman who heads the company's main research centre in the United States. Read more... Microsoft research lab in Bangalore
The Telegraph, Jan 13 2005 Microsoft Research today launched its operations in India. The Bangalore lab, the third such facility outside the US, will conduct long-term basic and applied research. Read more... Microsoft Research launches facility in India
The Times of India, Jan 12 2005 Microsoft Research on Wednesday launched its operations in India and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ocean Development to partner in research projects. Read more... MS Research begins work on projects
Hindu Business Line, Jan 14 2005 Microsoft attempts to rope in social scientists in India
The Indian Express, Jan 14 2005 MS Research commence its projects
Sify.com, Jan 14 2005 Microsoft R&D centre takes off — Signs MoU with Govt for GIS mapping
Hindu Business Line, Jan 13 2005 Microsoft Research India Announcement Microsoft to open research lab in India
ITWorld, Dec 1 2004 Microsoft Corp. is setting up a research lab in Bangalore, India, that will focus on areas including computing technologies for emerging markets, according to a company executive. The new lab, called Microsoft Research India, goes online in January, and will be part of a network of five research labs that Microsoft runs worldwide, said Padmanabhan Anandan, managing director of Microsoft Research India. Read more... Microsoft to set up lab in India
Seattle PI, Dec 1 2004 Microsoft Research plans to establish its first-ever lab in India, hoping to attract top research talent in a country known for producing high-quality computer scientists. Read more... Microsoft to open research laboratory in India
FT.com, Dec 1 2004
Microsoft is to open a research lab in India early next year, further extending the international reach of what has become one of the technology industry's biggest research bases. Read more... Microsoft sets up research lab in Bangalore
The Economic Times, Dec 1 2004 Microsoft’s best kept secret for Bangalore is out. The world’s number one IT company is setting up a research lab in the city, to be operational in January next year. Read more... Microsoft Research to open lab in Bangalore
Cnet, Nov 30 2004 Microsoft Research will open a laboratory in Bangalore, India, the company's third research installation overseas and a sign of India's increasing importance in tech. The lab, set to open in January, will initially focus on four areas: multilingual systems, technology for emerging markets, geographical information systems and sensor networks. Over time, however, the direction of the lab's research will be largely determined by the people it recruits.
Read more... Microsoft to set up 2nd Asian research facility in India
Techtalk, Dec 1 2004 Bangalore picked for Microsoft R&D hub
The Telegraph, Dec 1 2004 India's Silicon Valley Beckons Microsoft
CXO Today, Dec 1 2004 Microsoft's dedicated R&D centre
The Hindu, Dec 1 2004 Microsoft to open research lab in India
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