Johnny Chung Lee, a Microsoft researcher who was a “core contributor” to Microsoft;s Kinect gaming sensor,
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Cheap Windows 7, multitouch input, augmented reality,
Office 2007 Ultimate Key, brain-computer interfaces, and haptics. He also is known for his Wii hacking work.It;s not all about departures in Microsoft;s Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) unit,
Office Professional Plus 2007 Key, however.As others have reported, Rahul Sood, the founder of VoodooPC (acquired by HP in 2006) became the General Manager of System Experience in IEB at the end of 2010. Sood posted recently about Microsoft;s hardware-recruitment efforts,
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