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Often accused of attempting to conquer the world, technological titans Google and Microsoft may be taking over a university Webmail interface near you. Both companies have started education sector initiatives aimed at convincing universities to switch over to their own Web-based products, such as e-mail hosting and calendars. Associate Dean for Internet Technology Larry M. Levine said that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will be exploring outside e-mail hosting options in the coming months as FAS works to “refurbish and upgrade the central FAS e-mail system...
Sony has quite a lot at stake this round and this bout should be anything but friendly. Microsoft struck preemptively, launching the Xbox 360 in November of last year, at a price tag of about $200 cheaper than the PS3 for a premium system. Nintendo’s innovative new console, the Wii, sells for about $100 less than its competitors. This ultimate corporate cage-match has just been thrust wide open...
...elderly often land in the hospital because they've forgotten to take medication. Microsoft and Intel are developing a wristwatch that prompts the wearer to take his pills. The doctor types into his computer instructions on when medication should be taken, and the information is transmitted to the patient's computer, which downloads it to the watch. Around the appointed hour, when the senior is near the location where the pills are stored, a sensor tracking the senior's movements alerts the watch, which signals that it's medicine time. The watch, which should be available in two years...
...Microsoft-designed tabletop has an overhead camera that records a patient's pill intake. There is also a projector that beams down a checkerboard image, allowing a virtual game between friends in different homes. Being tested: having the camera record the board moves and then feeding those images to a computer, which analyzes the times it takes a player to make a move and the speed and dexterity with which he shifts the checkers, to spot changes that might indicate a deterioration in brain functions...
...activity, Indian companies this year have spent twice as much on overseas acquisitions as foreign companies have invested in India. "There is a real bullishness" among the leaders of Indian industry, says Sabeer Bhatia, the Indian-born co-founder of Hotmail, the Web-based e-mail system acquired by Microsoft in 1997. "Every single Indian CEO is looking outwards to see how he or she can expand their own base and expand into newer markets...