Research will offer recession boost, Microsoft's Mundie says
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Microsoft's research efforts will help the company emerge strong from the economic downturn, predicted Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, at the company's annual TechFest event.
Computing currently is controlled mainly with the keyboard and mouse. "The reality is that many people in the world aren't really computer literate in that sense," Mundie said.
The way that people interact with computers will become increasingly critical, he said. As economies worldwide falter, governments are interested in using stimulus programs to invest in health care and education, he noted. Key to implementing those programs may be letting people access them in nontraditional means, he said.