Microsoft ratchets up research

The economy is bad, and Microsoft is laying off 5,000 workers, but that hasn't stopped this software titan from turning to research to find new products. Microsoft expects to spend $9 billion this year on research and development, according to Andrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft's research facility in Cambridge, England.

According to NetworkWorld, about 1,000 researchers are employed across five labs in the United States, United Kingdom, India and China. Microsoft is adding around 80 people a year, and is definitely getting ready for the economy to rebound.

In the meantime, new products will be coming down the pipeline--that probably includes gadgets you could never dream of.

For more on Microsoft's research plans:
- check out this NetworkWorld.com article

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