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British dog owners are being robbed by their canine companions - to the tune of £33 million pounds a year. New research commissioned by food manufacturer Bakers Complete found that nearly a quarter of the UK's dog population, representing around two million animals, are no more than...

When the content team plans sessions for MIX not only do they take into account practicality and applicability, but they also are tasked with programming inspirational content. And a lot of that mind-blowing, peek into the future content comes from the big brains working at and partnering with...

Global smartphone sales will soar 50 per cent this year compared to 2010, with Google's Android set to extend its lead as the world's most popular operating system for the devices, according to a study released Tuesday by research group IDC. Link Removed - Invalid URL

San Francisco - Global smartphone sales will soar 50 per cent this year compared to 2010, with Google's Android set to extend its lead as the world's most popular operating system for the devices, according to a study released Tuesday by research group IDC. Link Removed

A NASA team has tested a space suit in a setting with extreme conditions akin to some of those found on Mars -- an Argentine base in Antarctica -- for possible use on a visit to the Red Planet. The NDX-1 space suit, designed by Argentine aerospace engineer Pablo de Leon, endured frigid...

Microsoft has today opened a European Cloud & Interoperability Center (CIC) in Brussels. Located within the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center, Microsoft has invested 5.3m Euroes into the CIC – designed to drive innovation and economic growth across Europe through business use of cloud...

Jamie Shotton is one of the inventors of Human Skeletal Tracking—he works in Microsoft Research Cambridge and dropped by the states, and our studio, to chat about this great invention. Link Removed Link Removed

A German geoscience centre has produced an animation of the flash of earthquakes that have affected Japan in the last eight days. It's available here Link Removed

You may have recently heard Jane McGonigal on NPR or even watched her on Comedy Centrals Link Removed. She has recently written a book titled Link RemovedI talk to her about her book, her research and her mission to try and make the world a better place. Link Removed Link Removed

Innovation is an overused buzzword these days. What does it mean, really? Well, Microsoft Research is in the business of scientific discovery which often leads to innovations that end up in the hands of computer users (or not in the hands of the computer users as the case may be). One area of...

Modern technology may be the key to unlock hidden secrets about an ancient monument: Stonehenge. Researchers are using lasers to scan the nearly three dozen stones, or megaliths, that make up the famous circular complex on the Salisbury Plain of southern England. Stonehenge in High...

An estimated one million fish turned up dead in a Southern California marina, creating a floating feast for pelicans, gulls and other sea life and a stinky mess for harbour authorities. The sardines apparently depleted the water of oxygen and suffocated after getting lost in the marina...

Face recognition in video is an emerging technology that will have great impact on user experience in fields such as television, gaming, and communication. In the near future, a television or an Xbox will be able to recognize people in the living room, home video will be annotated automatically...

LONDON — A 350-year-old notebook which documents the trials of women convicted of witchcraft in England during the 17th century has been published online. The notebook written by Nehemiah Wallington, an English Puritan, recounts the fate of women accused of having relationships with the...

Step by step, piece by piece Webcast We know from research we've done with you that lots of you are either knee deep in a Windows 7 roll out, or you're about to be, so we thought we'd try and help.… More...

Eerily, 25 per cent of the UK adult population – or around 11m people - have experienced a ghost, according to research by spectre expert Professor Richard Wiseman. It’s a statistic that will send a shiver down the spine of the nation, especially as paranormal experiences are on the...

The discovery of Microsoft India researcher Manoj Manduva's portfolio has given clues as to some of the interface features that may show in Windows 8. The proposal would include multiple virtual desktops that would include an "advanced desktop mode." Its basic template would appear to be a...

The real-time Internet is crowding out the future and the past. Here's what to do about it. Search the Internet for a time machine and you may end up with an empty wallet and painful injuries, if the movie Napoleon Dynamite is accurate. I don't recommend buying a time machine on eBay. But...

Move over Weight Watchers — an exotic new superfruit called 'Maqui Berry' has quickly become the hottest new way to lose weight. After FOX News Channel medical contributor Dr. Manny Alvarez highlighted the weight-loss benefits of Maqui Berry—12.6 times more powerful than Acai Berry—sales of...

Link Removed The Department of Defense will employ hackers under a brave new scheme pioneered by a hacker gone straight, but will it work? Since the dawn of computing there's been a cold war between those who run computer systems and those who attack them. And never the twain shall meet...