New technology is expected to significantly improve operations, distribution, supply chain management, customer relations and other key functions.

Italy team named software design champions; torch passes to Korea for Imagine Cup 2007.

Microsoft, BT to co-sponsor second annual Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator program in January 2007.

Microsoft brings high-performance computing to the desktops of the auto industry for entirely new approaches to engineering and design.

Auto industry turns increasingly to Microsoft products to collaborate on design, project management and data management

Fikany to leverage full breadth of Microsoft’s assets to empower customers with technology solutions for maximized business performance.

MSN creates exclusive online jam session with live performances.

Anoop Gupta, corporate vice president of the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft, discusses the future of speech technologies and how customers and partners will benefit from unified communications solutions that include speech capabilities.

Microsoft announces Office Communications Server with speech platform services; demonstrates Speech Recognition for Windows Vista.

Endcap program unites device manufacturers such as Uniden and Plantronics.

New GetHuman project initiative is intended to set the standard for customer service phone support.

Students who participate in Microsoft’s technology competition imagine a better world enabled by their own genius, creativity and energy.

Papers presented at the 2006 SIGIR conference describe new techniques for analyzing rich patterns of user interactions with search to improve the overall search experience.

Five of Microsoft’s vendors receive annual Excellence Awards.

Twenty-two original pilots will contend for $10,000 top prize in the Fest’s second annual Independent Pilot Competition

Countdown begins for the most anticipated game of 2006 as gamers eagerly await the flagship title from Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games.

Program awards five grants of $25,000 each to further Ph.D. education.

Microsoft continues to deliver on Windows Live, announcing a number of new personalized and safety-enhanced services.

Customers report that Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 makes it easier and more cost effective to develop, deploy and use HPC systems, and they report that a Windows-based HPC platform integrates smoothly with existing IT resources.

Executive wins prestigious award for corporate citizenship efforts to increase the number of U.S. Hispanics in the IT industry.

Initiative engages youth in the development of business opportunities and introduces them to IT careers.

New photo-modeling and browsing technology, co-developed by the University of Washington, Microsoft Research and Microsoft Live Labs, renders images with stunning realism and detail.

Common goal to provide standard for describing system information in XML formats.

A newly developed Education Competency Wheel provides the Philadelphia School of the Future and other education institutions a standardized tool and practical guide to align stakeholders' skills with organizational goals.

mcaConnect to implement Microsoft technology to help company achieve self-governance and financial performance goals.

The debut of exclusive new online programming puts women in charge of making improvements everywhere around the house.