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You might not think it, looking at the ribbon UI and the missing Start button in Windows 8, but Microsoft has one of the largest R&D departments in the world. Like IBM, Samsung, Intel, and other high-tech companies, though, Microsoft’s R&D is rarely publicized. We know that these companies have received hundreds of thousands of patents over the last 50 years, but it is very unusual to see bleeding-edge prototypes in action because these inventions ultimately form the trade secret lifeblood of a company.

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