As senior vice president of research at Microsoft Corp., Richard "Rick" Rashid is charged with thinking far into the future of technology and investing in new ways that computers can shape society. Rashid heads up Microsoft's five research labs -- in Redmond, Wash.; Silicon Valley; Beijing; Bangalore, India; and Cambridge, England -- that employ 700 scientists in a wide range of fields. In an interview yesterday, Rashid discussed some of his ideas about the future of technology and some of the hurdles Microsoft faces.
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