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Microsoft Research has hired Bill Buxton, a designer known for his work in human-machine interfaces.
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Newly hired Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton sees big changes coming in how you and your computer interact.
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The company is making a play to lure Unix and Linux users to its Mac OS X operating system. Will a windowing environment do the trick?
New open standards for digital images may yet prove the salvation of the digital camera market.
In front of 95,000 people and a prime time television audience, John Polson, creative director for the Intel-Tropfest short-film festival, donned a figurative candy-striped suit to became technology's spruiker for a few moments at Sydney's Domain last Sunday. He read out the Intel prize (a PC package) for best cinematograhper with whiz-bang enthusiasm... but the crowd wasn't having a bar of it.
So you want to be a big-time filmmaker,"Web style? Reno Marioni's Adventure Zone Network (www.azn.com) has everything you need. You just show up with your digital footage.
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