Archive for October, 2007

Software engineers tend to spend a lot more time working out at the driving range than they do the putting green. Left on our own we d all be working on stuff like 3D Birds Eye navigation or robotic building modeling; doing a local search for a coffee shop would require first getting strapped up like this Microsoft Researcher to the right so that we could predict where you wanted to find it and if you prefer decaf. Fortunately our team is lead by a seasoned cast of veteran cat herders who...

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Software engineers tend to spend a lot more time working out at the driving range than they do the putting green. Left on our own we d all be working on stuff like 3D Birds Eye navigation or robotic building modeling; doing a local search for a coffee shop would require first getting strapped up like this Microsoft Researcher to the right so that we could predict where you wanted to find it and if you prefer decaf. Fortunately our team is lead by a seasoned cast of veteran cat herders who...

Continuing on with our Do what I mean, not what I say , blog post from last time, here are some additional categories we tackled with this initiative. Equivalencies We do really badly on the query ca chp a coworker complained in one email. Ca chp? I thought. What the heck does that mean? It turned out it was pretty simple: ca was short for California and chp was short for California highway patrol. Obviously, my coworker knew what he meant by the...

Continuing on with our Do what I mean, not what I say , blog post from last time, here are some additional categories we tackled with this initiative. Equivalencies We do really badly on the query ca chp a coworker complained in one email. Ca chp? I thought. What the heck does that mean? It turned out it was pretty simple: ca was short for California and chp was short for California highway patrol. Obviously, my coworker knew what he meant by the...

One of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center s MMPC goals is to share the valuable data, insights and expertise we have with customers on a regular basis in an effort to help customers better understand the changes occurring in the threat landscape and improve their defenses accordingly. nbsp; We just released the third volume of our threat report, called the Security Intelligence Report SIR . The SIR shares the conclusions drawn by our research team using data gathered from the...

Yes, that s an odd title, let me explain. We ve been working on returning the very best search results for your intent, not just for the particular search terms that you happen to have chosen as a vehicle to transmit that intent. There s an important difference there and it s been our focus for quite some time. For example, let s suppose that you ve decided to move to the state of Arizona. You d like to double check that how hot it gets there so you search for hottest...

Yes, that s an odd title, let me explain. We ve been working on returning the very best search results for your intent, not just for the particular search terms that you happen to have chosen as a vehicle to transmit that intent. There s an important difference there and it s been our focus for quite some time. For example, let s suppose that you ve decided to move to the state of Arizona. You d like to double check that how hot it gets there so you search for hottest...

Hi again, WOW so a month now since the VB2007 Conference in Vienna, Austria. nbsp; Vienna was beautiful! Where has the time gone, since then!? I couldn t let too much more time pass before saying a few words, as I m finally off the road to be able to sit and gather some thoughts on it. nbsp;We The Microsoft Malware Protection Center, a.k.a The MMPC were a platinum sponsor of this year s conference and many folks from the team traveled far and wide to get there from our Ireland,...

On Monday the 15th we also released a number of updates for our Live Search Mobile products, including: Voice input and gas prices in Live Search for Windows Mobile, A new beta for BlackBerry devices, and Improved mapping and directions in browser based search for any mobile phone Details are below please check them out and let us know what you think! Voice Input and Gas Prices Now in Live Search for Windows Mobile Live Search has been a hit with Windows Mobile enthusiasts read a few...