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Would you put your life in Microsoft's hands?

...and details of personal conversations or meetings can be stored using the MyLifeBits software which is currently under development in Microsoft's San Francisco labs... Read more

21 November, 2002 by Will Sturgeon
Gordon Bell on life through a digital lens

Gordon Bell on life through a digital lens

Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell talked to ZDNet UK recently about his project to document his entire life. This video shows him demonstrating part of this in 2007 Read more

13 February, 2009 by ZDNet UK
Microsoft researcher stores digital life

Microsoft researcher stores digital life

...was really to capture everything in my life. The project was called 'MyLifeBits', and in 2001 I said that what we want is to do... Read more

12 February, 2009 by Colin Barker

Gates: We're short of tech talent

...000 pictures. The readings from the camera can be combined with the MyLifeBits software, which creates a sort of electronic journal of one's day... Read more

19 July, 2005 by Ina Fried

The Bloor Perspective: SMS spam, go phish and Windows Media Center

This week Robin Bloor and his team provide us with their take on spamming on mobiles, scam ID theft emails and Microsoft's push to be at the heart of your home... Read more

29 September, 2003 by Bloor Research

A digital brain courtesy of Microsoft, post-Napster music and guess who can't get broadband...

...him in front his new girlfriend can take hours. Not so with MyLifeBits. Red-faced embarrassment should be achievable within seconds. Just type 'potty' or... Read more

21 November, 2002 by silicon.com staff

Would you put your life in Microsoft's hands?

...and details of personal conversations or meetings can be stored using the MyLifeBits software which is currently still under development in Microsoft's San Francisco... Read more

21 November, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

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