For official info about MSR, see http://research.microsoft.com/.
The Innovators' Ball: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030904.html
Interesting things they've done:
- "Realizing quality improvement through test driven development: results and experiences of four industrial teams" by Nachiappan Nagappan, E. Michael Maximilien, Thirumalesh Bhat, and Laurie Williams. reference: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10664-008-9062-z full paper: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/ese/nagappan_tdd.pdf