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Microsoft Corp. said it is opening its second research laboratory =
outside the United States, this one in Beijing. The company plans to =
invest about $80 million over the next six years in the facility.=20
"China is the most populous country in the world, and the use of =
computers there is growing rapidly," Rick Rashid, vice president of =
Microsoft Research, said in a statement. "To make the experience =
compelling, we need to address many challenges to adapt computing and =
software to the Chinese marketplace."=20
The Chinese research group, called Microsoft Research, China, will =
initially focus on how people interact with computers. "Long-term, we =
want to enable computers to see, listen, speak and learn," said Kai-Fu =
Lee, a Microsoft researcher who will head up the program in China.
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"China is the most populous country in the world, and the use of = computers there is growing rapidly," Rick Rashid, vice president of = Microsoft Research, said in a statement. "To make the experience=20 compelling, we need to address many challenges to adapt computing and = software=20 to the Chinese marketplace."=20
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