[WINDOWS]Microsoft Live Labs Creates Web в??Synthв?? For 3-D Photo Tour

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Microsoft is a little like the General Motors of technology. The software giant is, of course, much more successful, financially and in market share, than the troubled auto maker. But, as at GM, Microsoftв??s very size в?? over 90,000 employees в?? and its bureaucratic structure often make the company seem more stolid and less innovative than smaller, nimbler rivals like Google and Apple.

This contrast has appeared sharper in recent years, as Microsoftв??s Windows Vista operating system received a tepid critical response compared with Appleв??s Leopard platform and as the companyв??s Live Web search service has slipped further behind Googleв??s. In addition, Microsoftв??s cellphone software, Windows Mobile, looks old and creaky compared with Appleв??s sleek iPhone and Googleв??s forthcoming Android mobile operating system.

But innovation does exist at Microsoftв??s sprawling Redmond, Wash., campus. For instance, last yearв??s daring and radical redesign of Microsoft Office has been a critical and commercial success.

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