Agreed. The UI for the desktop just gives me a headache but there are some really cool projects coming out of Redmond. There is some really interesting work in

Agreed. The UI for the desktop just gives me a headache but there are some really cool projects coming out of Redmond. There is some really interesting work in computational photography: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/autocollage/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/au... http://livelabs.com/photosynth/ http://livelabs.com/photosynth/