Microsoft Debuts MapCruncher

SAP, Microsoft Sing A Duet

SAP AG and Microsoft Corp. confirmed the June release of a product that will allow users to link SAP's business processes and data with Microsoft's Office desktop programs. This product, officially named "Duet," is the result of a twelve-month collaboration between the corporations.

Shai Agassi on Community Value

Shai Agassi held a private Q&A after his keynote. Of interest to me was his comments on their largest online community, the Software Developer Network:

MIT’s Speech Recognition Baby

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may be on the verge of a revolutionary development in speech and video algorithmic technology. Their test subject: a 9 month-old baby boy, who is the center of a project called "The Human Speechome Project."