"A little more than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a skunkworks operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has closed the unit"
"The ill-fated Courier tablet--something of a dual-screen tablet that predated Apple's iPad--emerged from Pioneer."
"the group zeroed in on opportunities that offered revenue opportunities north of $100 million a year. And because the group focused on those opportunities so early, it had a 20 percent success rate."
> What sort of patents has MS exercised in this fashion?
Ask manufacturers of Android phones how Microsoft exercises its patents.
> a lot of them have materialized in to actual products.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20064439-75.html
"A little more than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a skunkworks operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has closed the unit"
"The ill-fated Courier tablet--something of a dual-screen tablet that predated Apple's iPad--emerged from Pioneer."
"the group zeroed in on opportunities that offered revenue opportunities north of $100 million a year. And because the group focused on those opportunities so early, it had a 20 percent success rate."