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ACES winner Mendeley is revolutionising the way research is done – using cloud computing to create the largest crowd-sourced library in the world. Its software lets academics organise and annotate journal articles, and share and discuss their work with researchers around the globe

Microsoft and Tilburg University in the Netherlands have entered into a four-year agreement in which Microsoft will support the research of the Tilburg Law and Economics Centre.

Microsoft start-up programme Idées is going local in Lille – a prelude to going local globally.

Computers have transformed our working lives. Now as they become pervasive elsewhere, leading experts call for an overhaul of research in human–computer interaction.

France Angels, the country’s business angels’ network, has agreed to provide seed funding for the Microsoft start-up programme Idées.

After a competition dispute that dragged on for nine years, Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology.

Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology following the court ruling last month, a move the European Commission says will lead to more innovation in the software market.