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Microsoft's Data Visualization Software, PivotViewer, Is Now Available

PivotViewer is the latest utility from one of the Microsoft's most interesting teams, Live Labs. The data visualization tool is available for download today.READ»

Will Microsoft's Pivot Reinvent How You Surf the Web?

Microsoft's in-house dev team revealed an experimental tool called Pivot, a whole new dynamic way of interacting with data on the Web and on your PC. Will it change everything? Maybe not, but it is a sign of the way things will go.READ»

Two Signs RIM is Revving Up Blackberry's Style

Blackberry, for all its success, suffers from one core problem: It's the boring corporate suit at the funky smartphone office party. Now two bits of news have popped up to suggest that RIM is trying to inject a bit of hipster design ...READ»

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Microsoft to Tackle Google Street View With Crowd-Sourced App [UPDATED]

Google's Street View app, alongside Google Earth, has ever-so-slightly changed the world--buying a house may never be the same again, for one thing, nor will smartphone-based navigation. And that's probably why another tech giant ...READ»

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Career Advice from Gary Flake, Director of Live Labs at Microsoft

Gary Flake joined Microsoft as a technical fellow in 2005 and promptly founded Live Labs, which is focused on creating innovative Internet applications such as Photosynth. Prior to Microsoft, he founded and ran Yahoo! Research Labs and worked as the chief scientist at Overture.READ»

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Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Computing Ambitions for Microsoft

Inside Steve Ballmer’s push into Web services.READ»

Microsoft’s Leader in Web Apps: Meet Dr. Flakenstein

Strange things are going on in the lab of Gary Flake. Flake started Microsoft's Live Labs, a rapid-development Web team that exists outside of any specific product group in the company. His team is looking to bring innovative Web applications to the public (you can thank him for Photosynth). Can he make Microsoft come alive? READ»