The Microsoft Touch Mouse project was unusual compared with other hardware-development projects, because it combined multiple disciplines in a tightly integrated way.

Project Daytona is designed to support a wide class of data analytics and machine learning algorithms. Project Daytona is part of an active research and development project in the eXtreme Computing Group of Microsoft Research and made its debut at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit.

The twelfth Microsoft Research Faculty Summit was held last week from July 18 through 20 at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters. The event encourages research by showcasing the value of industrial research in society, education, and technology transfer and recognizing academic researchers for their contributions.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced Windows Phone Mango RTM. Today, Microsoft surprised developers by releasing Beta 2 Refresh of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1. The latest update showcases Twitter integration in Windows Phone for the first time.

Microsoft has released Microsoft Camera Codec Pack that enables the viewing of a variety of device-specific file formats. The codec pack allows you to import, organize, and edit RAW files without using third-party plugins or applications.

Microsoft today launched a new state-of-the-art research & development facility in Bangalore, India. Dr Qi Lu, President, Online Services Division, Microsoft inaugurated Vigyan, the swank new 154,000 sq. ft. facility is situated in the heart of the city.

Kinect Fun Labs lets you discover and play with the newest advances in Kinect technology. This week, Kinect Fun Labs is launching two new experiences: Avatar Kinect and Kinect Sparkler.

Impulse Technology Ltd., an Ohio company has sued Microsoft in Delaware’s federal court alleging that the Kinect for Xbox 360 infringes on seven of its patents.

Microsoft has figured out an interesting way to get into the social games business. The social gaming market continues to grow in terms of number of users and profits. These social applications have the potential to grow from a few users to millions of users in an incredibly short period of time, and therefore, they need a robust, scalable, and dependable platform.

While the Windows Phone 7 fans advocate putting the Windows Phone 7 OS on tablets and others eagerly wait to see what Microsoft has done with Windows 8 for non-PC devices, Japanese hardware manufacturer Fujitsu has other ideas.

Malware, popular term for malicious software, is a software program designed to damage a user’s computer, a server, or network; or to steal personal or sensitive information of a user or defrauding the user through online scams.

Microsoft has taken its pursuit of the operators of the notorious Rustock botnet to the next level by now offering a monetary reward of $250,000 for any information about them that leads to the identification, arrest, and criminal conviction.

My thoughts on the three tenants of the Windows Everywhere vision: Brand, Technology, and Ecosystem.

Microsoft has released Small Basic 1.0. With a friendly development environment that is very easy to master, it eases students of all ages into the world of programming.

Microsoft Research’s FUSE Labs announced the release of CompanyCrowd yesterday. CompanyCrowd automatically collects stories, media, and social content to create a living newspaper about the companies that are most important to you and your business.