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TechXchange 2008: A feast for technocrats' eyes

December 17, 2008

Text: Shobha Warrier

TechXchange 2008 is the second edition of the joint exhibition of some of the latest research projects and products developed by Microsoft Research India in Bangalore and Microsoft India Development Center in Hyderabad.

More than 20 of Microsoft's latest projects and products were showcased recently at Hyderabad.

Take a peek. . .

Windows applets and gadgets

The Windows Experience AGE team at MSIDC showcased Ribbon in Paint and Wordpad, multi-touch in paint, location aware in weather gadget, ink and text in sticky notes.

Yes, these were present in the previous version of Windows too but the team enhanced the features and the user interface of these applets.

For example, calculator has new modes, unit conversation and date calculation, along with new user interface.

Image: Windows applets and gadgets. | Photographs, courtesy: MSIDC and MSR

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