According to an IEEE patent portfolio survey, Microsoft is the MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY in the industry. No, I'm not making this up. After an extensive review of patents by technology companies, the IEEE determined that both the quality and the scientific value of Microsoft's patent portfolio is number one in the industry.
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Please spare us for images like this!
haha.. yea, images like that are a bit crude :P
i wouldn't doubt microsoft being one of the most creative. they hire some of the top computer vision, robotics, and graphics researchers. most of the innovative stuff at microsoft happens at their research labs..
in the computer vision field, microsoft research labs is one of THE labs to work at. though, microsoft should be slightly worried because google's starting to contend for that pool of creativity stealing away a couple of their research folks.
I live for images like this! Mike is celebrating the cultural heritage of cutting-edge photo-journalism by exposing us to Laura-Mars (remember Faye Dunaway in the Eyes of Laura Mars?) type imagery where sex and violence collide into one giant kaleidoscope of in-your-face info-tainment! Well done Mike!
Sure, Microsoft may be developing a lot of stuff in its labs, but as I sit here in front of my PC pulling my hair out at yet another Vista annoyance, I can't help but wish a quick death unto Bill, Steve and all those "smart" people up in Redmond.
I wish they would "innovate" less and get to work to make an OS That Just Works. Apparently, this is too hard, though.
people who stick out their tongues for photo-ops ought to brush their tongues first. that's disgusting.
Please can somebody name a current Microsoft innovation. I can't think of one.
Gilgongo:
Microsoft has one of the most amazing research facilities in the industry:
http://research.microsoft.com/research/default.aspx
If you're implying that they have trouble innovating in general consumer products, then I agree with you. They have a bit of a Xerox PARC problem -- they do amazing research but have trouble turning those innovations into products.
Mike Elgan
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