Smart cities are no longer over the horizon or around the corner - they're here now and growing fast. 

A post in Popular Mechanics highlighted how software is being deployed to make public spaces like airports more efficient and acoustic. 

The Bing is for doing campaign hits the slopes. 

I'm honing my light sabre skills for this forthcoming title.

Donald Brinkman: polymath, poet, gaming geek and the mastermind behind Project Epiphyte.

Steve Hodges of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, explores how hardware and software come together.

Rane Johnson-Stempson of MSR talks about bold goals and big, burly challenges.