About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Microsoft Research, Microsoft Game Studios, F Sharp, WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft Product Divisions, Microsoft Courier, Microsoft Store, BitVault, Singularity, Microsoft Comic Chat, Wallop, Microsoft SenseCam, Macintosh Business Unit, Midori, Kodu Game Lab, Microsoft India PL, HoneyMonkey, Spec Sharp, Microsoft Egypt, Conference XP, Joins, C, Phoenix, Microsoft Research Maps, Dryad, Barrelfish, Microsoft Research Image Composite Editor, Microsoft Research Asia, TouchLight, Microsoft Japan, Microsoft TV, Sing Sharp, Gazelle, Hired Gun, Avalanche, Bigtop, Polyphonic C sharp, Microsoft Studios, Microsoft FUSE Labs, Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout, MyLifeBits, Product Support Services, Bartok, CTEC, Good Science Studio, Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing, MGS Mobile Gaming, PCsafety, Microsoft Press, SXM, Microsoft Terminator, Accelerator, AjaxView, Advanced Technology Center. Excerpt: Microsoft Studios (formerly Microsoft Game Studios) is a brand owned by Microsoft to represent the company as a developer and publisher of video games. Established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) to coincide with the release of the Xbox, it develops and publishes games exclusively for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone 7 platforms. All titles developed in conjunction with third-party studios are also published under the MGS label. On June 6, 2011, Microsoft debuted a new logo and name, Microsoft Studios during their E3 press conference. Microsoft Studios was formerly called Microsoft Game Studios, and changed their branding at E3 2011 F# (pronounced F Sharp) is a multi-paradigm programming language, targeting the .NET Framework, that encompasses functional programming as well as imperative and object-oriented programming disciplines. It is a variant of ML and is largely compatible with...