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September 26, 2014

If the voice of The Ghost in “Destiny” sounds familiar to you, it should: It’s Peter Dinklage, one of the stars of “Game of Thrones,” and just one of the entertainment luminaries who puts their voices to characters in the game, now out for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

September 26, 2014

WinHEC will be relaunched, with the acronym now standing for the Windows Hardware Engineering Community, and the first of several events slated for March 18-19, 2015 in Shenzhen, China, it was announced Friday.

September 26, 2014

Even as leaves start to change color and summer’s warm glow fades, it’s always sunny in “Asphalt Overdrive” – set in the glorious excess of 1980s- era California. The first spinoff from the award-winning “Asphalt” series plunges you into a high-speed game of cat-and-mouse against the police.

September 26, 2014

The rain has returned to Seattle, but it didn’t dampen the news this week. Read on to see how Microsoft is helping to evolve business — and the digital dance party.

September 26, 2014

Many of us are now using multiple devices, from phones to laptops to tablets, and the security of our personal content — email, documents and photos — is more important than ever. And while Microsoft works behind the scenes to keep your Outlook.com account secure, there are five additional things you can do to make your account even more secure.

September 25, 2014

You may be up against pirate overlords, legendary bosses and even giant golems, but they don’t stand a chance against your army, cunning traps, powerful cannons and spells. Install “Cloud Raiders” from the Windows Store and Windows Phone Store.

September 25, 2014

A range of cloud services will be found at lower prices as of Oct. 1, making it more cost- effective to build complete solutions on Azure. Head over to the Microsoft Azure Blog for a complete list and more information on these price reductions.

September 25, 2014

Attendees to the EDUCAUSE 2014 conference Sept. 29 – Oct. 2 in Orlando can check out Microsoft’s education solutions while they’re there. These solutions can help prepare students for the real world, improve collaboration across campus and reduce IT costs.

September 25, 2014

In Activision’s “Skylanders” games, you can put a toy on the included Portal of Power accessory, and – boom – you’re now playing with that character in the game. But in “Skylanders Trap Team,” you can take something from the game and put it into a toy.

September 25, 2014

Every week, you can save on a dozen games and apps from the Windows Store and Windows Phone Store. The newest roster includes the first “Halo” installment built for touch-based devices, a puzzler that takes you on a secret mission to eight cities and an app that tracks the delivery status of your packages.