Microsoft's Photosynth stars in 'CSI' episode

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Microsoft says it didn't pay for the use of its Photosynth image-browsing software on Wednesday night's episode of the CBS series "CSI: New York." But it would be difficult to imagine a more valuable plug for the technology.

The software, which presents a collection of two-dimensional images in a three-dimensional environment, is used by the fictional CSI investigators to piece together and navigate camera-phone photos taken at a high school prom where a guidance counselor is slain.