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OMG has announced Autographer, a new life-logging camera that is basically an up-to-date version of the SenseCam invented by Lyndsay Williams at Microsoft Research.

Microsoft Research and the University of Washington develop a new gesture-sensing system that uses sound alone.

Alice and Bob, fondly known as the first couple of cryptography, are really more interested in computational suitcases than physical ones. Suppose Alice gives Bob a securely encrypted computer file and asks him to sum…

Microsoft researchers have developed software that allows a user to control their PC with a wave of the hand.

As the Senate considers a bill to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity, some questionable numbers keep creeping into the discussion.

In faulty English, the e-mail describes vast riches in search of an owner. Your new pen pal just needs your bank account to park the money—and will pay richly for the favour.

Crowdsourcing is transforming the science of psychology.

Microsoft researchers have been developing a system called SoundWave that emits pulses in ultrasound ranges and detects Doppler-based changes to track human movements. Its creators hope their accidental discovery could improve gesture-based controls.

Microsoft is showing off technology this week that uses the human body as a sounding board for Kinect-like applications.