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June 24, 2014

In ‘Get Even,’ you solve mysteries wrapped in memories that you can alter to solve a murder

“By jumping back in time via a subject’s memory, we were able to relive the firefight, moving through it while the scene played out in slow-motion – until we could get to our target and snap a photo of the victim before he was shot,” writes Xbox Wire.

June 24, 2014

Toward a greener datacenter: Microsoft and partners awarded $5 million for fuel cell research

With the goal of developing an efficient, low-cost fuel cell system for datacenters, Microsoft is partnering with Redox Power Systems LLC, the University of Maryland and Trans-Tech Inc. through a $5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

June 24, 2014

Hurry! This week’s Deals with Gold include “Ryse: Son of Rome” for Xbox One and season pass add-on

These savings will slay you – well, you know what we mean. For Xbox 360, there’s a ton of savings on games on demand, from “Diablo III” (50 percent off the regular price of $59.99), to “Fable II” and “Fable III,” each $4.99, and each 75 percent off the regular $19.99 prices, as well as big savings on game add-ons.

June 24, 2014

Affordable Nokia X2 designed to introduce ‘next billion’ people to mobile Internet and cloud services

With its 4.3-inch ClearBlack display, 5MP rear camera with autofocus and flash, plus cloud storage service OneDrive, the Nokia X2 is geared to introduce the “next billion” people to the mobile Internet and cloud services, while complementing the Lumia family of smartphones.

June 24, 2014

Developers: Register for Unity game porting lab for Windows and Windows Phone

Developers can now register for Microsoft’s Unity game porting lab, which will take place Aug. 19 from 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m., at the Westin Seattle. A team of Microsoft experts will be available to give you a quick start to porting your Unity games to Windows and Windows Phone.

June 24, 2014

Microsoft’s top lawyer calls on Congress to end the NSA’s ‘unfettered bulk collection of data’

June 24, 2014

Startups under Microsoft’s wing raise $8m in latest accelerator batch

June 24, 2014

Microsoft makes bet quantum computing is next breakthrough

June 24, 2014

Staff App Pick: Learning the alphabet is fun and easy with ‘Elmo Loves ABCs’ for Windows

The customization of this app is amazing – from the ability to add your own photos and videos to the game to being able to watch the progress of your child – it all makes learning the basic building blocks of the written language easy and fun to learn.

June 24, 2014

Brad Smith: ‘The Future of Global Technology, Privacy and Regulation’

Remarks by Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Washington, D.C., June 24, 2014.