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Greg Landsberg: Seeking the Higgs boson

By Guest PostJune 29, 2012Scienceamerican group, brown, CERN, cms, compact muon solenoid, data, david cutts, david orenstein, electromagnetic interaction, electroweak force, electroweak symmetry breaking, fermilab, gerald guralnik, greg landsberg, higgs, higgs boson, higgs field, higgs mechanism, higgs signal, high precision, lack of sleep, Large Hadron Collider, meenakshi narain, megapixel camera, particle, phenomenon, photon, professor of physics, skype, standard model, statistical significance, switzerland, ultich heintz, universe, z bosons

Greg Landsberg, professor of physics at Brown, is the physics coordinator for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at CERN in Switzerland, part of a Brown team that includes professors David Cutts, Ultich Heintz, and Meenakshi Narain. The giant instrument’s primary mission is finding the Higgs boson, a particle whose existence would confirm the best guess physicists have made about why things have mass.

On July 4, Landsberg and his colleagues will reveal the latest results of their search. Anything could happen when Greg Landsberg and, including an announcement that the Higgs has been found or that it has been ruled out, sending theorists back to the whiteboard. Landsberg spoke by Skype with science news officer David Orenstein on June 26 as CERN physicists were preparing for their press conference. (more…)

Modern Defense

By Guest PostJune 26, 2012Education, Generalafrican countries, burt abrams, business strategy, cita, economic development, economic growth, fdi, foreign direct investment, france, gdp growth, hiv, hiv situation, internet, jim butkiewicz, laurence seidman, light, modern defense, newark campus, parameter, pearson hall, robert schweitzer, samuel mathey, sheldon demby, skype, speed of connection, stacy weile, time lag, university of delaware, video conference, voice, west africa

First UD student successfully defends doctoral dissertation via Skype

Samuel Mathey, a graduate student in the Department of Economics at the University of Delaware, has become the first doctoral student in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics to successfully defend a dissertation via Skype.

On Tuesday, June 12, Mathey’s dissertation committee sat in a Pearson Hall video conference room on UD’s Newark campus while he attended his defense virtually from France.

Committee members for Mathey’s defense included Burt Abrams (chair), professor of economics; Jim Butkiewicz, professor of economics; Laurence Seidman, professor of economics; and Robert Schweitzer, professor of finance. (more…)

Microsoft to Acquire Yammer

By Guest PostJune 25, 2012Technologyacquire, corporate user, david sacks, fortune 500, kurt delbene, Microsoft, microsoft dynamics, microsoft sharepoint, office 365, skype, steve ballmer, success manager, yammer

Microsoft extends cloud services with best-in-class enterprise social networking.

REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. and Yammer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office Division, led by division President Kurt DelBene, and the team will continue to report to current CEO David Sacks.

“The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft. “Yammer adds a best-in-class enterprise social networking service to Microsoft’s growing portfolio of complementary cloud services.” (more…)

Kinect in the Classroom: Scratching the Surface of Potential

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2012Education, Technologyacceleration, austin, brazil, cameron evans, cheryl arnett, classroom, department of labor, disneyland, games, guinness world records, imagination, India, jack chang, jebediah pavleas, kinect, kinect effect, magic kingdom, Microsoft, robin angotti, saudi arabia, skype, stem, sunset elementary school, sxswedu, taiwan, Technology, texas, university of washington bothell, velocity, xbox 360

*First graders are using Kinect for Xbox 360 to get to places like Disneyland (on a map, at least), and high school students are graphing mathematical equations with their bodies.*

CRAIG, Colo. – March 6, 2012 – First-grade teacher Cheryl Arnett spent much of last summer playing Kinect for Xbox 360 with her grandkids.

For fun, yes, but the 19-year veteran teacher at Sunset Elementary School in Craig, Colo., also had an agenda. A longtime lover of technology, Arnett was looking for ways to teach with Microsoft’s controller-free device. When she brought Kinect to her classroom at the start of this school year, the reaction from her enthralled students was “over the top,” she said. (more…)

Eleven for ’11 – My Favorite Moments of 2011

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2011Technology2011, acer, android, aol, apple, best songs, bing, blockbuster, Facebook, forrester research, frank shaw, Google, google apps, htc, html5 video, james mcquivey, jason perlow, kinect, kinect effect, Microsoft, microsoft history, my favorite microsoft moments, nigel tufnel, nokia, office 2010, office 365, rich fichera, rolling stone, Samsung, skype, stephen elop, steve ballmer, steven sinofsky, tony bates, Twitter, windows 8, windows phone, windows server 8, xbox, Yahoo, year in review, zdnet

*By Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Communications*

Every year at this time there’s a glut of “year in review” and “best of” lists that come out. Last night I was reading the Rolling Stone “best songs/albums/movies” issue, and was gratified to note that some albums/artists/movies I saw and liked made the list. I feel relevant. 🙂

Of course, there also tends to be year in review lists about the tech industry as well. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I don’t! This year, I thought I’d try my hand, and publish my own “Microsoft year in review” thoughts, and a slide show list of my favorite Microsoft moments of 2011. I was having trouble narrowing my slideshow down to a top-ten list, so on the advice of my old friend Nigel Tufnel, my slide show goes to 11. (more…)

Microsoft to Acquire Skype

By Guest PostMay 10, 2011Technologyandreessen horowitz, cpp investment board, ebay, egon durban, europlay capital advisors, hotmail, joltid limited, kurt delbene, lync, messenger, Microsoft, microsoft acquisition of skype, microsoft ceo, neil stevens, outlook, silver lake, skype, skype ceo, steve ballmer, tony bates, xbox and kinect, xbox live

*Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.*

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype.

The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services. (more…)

Videoconferencing with family members enriches the lives of nursing home residents

By Guest PostJune 22, 20101 commentTechnologyamerica, chang gung university, journal of clinical nursing, msn, school of nursing, skype, taiwan, videoconferencing, yun-fang tsai

Nursing home residents who used videoconferencing to keep in touch with family members felt it enriched their lives, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

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