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June 9, 2014

Here’s how to stay in sync with Xbox news at E3 2014

With this week filled with exclusive Xbox One announcements, new details on the upcoming library of games and lots of new trailers and screens to enjoy, there are several ways you can keep up with all the news from E3.

June 9, 2014

Chug – carefully – some ‘Overcharge Delirium XT’ on the ‘Sunset Overdrive’ bus at E3 2014

Insomniac is bringing a crazy bus to E3 2014. It’s a “goliath of engineering, style and comfort, designed with one purpose: to hold masses of gamers hopped up” on the game’s evil energy drink Overcharge Delirium XT, as the narrator points out in a video.

June 9, 2014

Favorite new Windows Phone apps of the week include ‘Brickvoid’

This space-based puzzle game gives you control over a tiny robot with big, magnetic powers. It’s a hypnotic exercise in concentration and ingenuity, and it’s great for gamers of all ages.

June 9, 2014

Building cloud-powered and data-smart businesses is good for the insurance industry

At the upcoming annual IASA Conference in Indianapolis, Tony Jacob, managing director for Worldwide Insurance at Microsoft, will be meeting senior business and IT leaders from the insurance industry to discuss how cloud and big data technologies can help them better identify risks, drive innovation and increase speed to market – while dramatically reducing cost and complexity.

June 6, 2014

Clip away! OneNote Clipper as a Chrome extension is now available; Springpad users can easily migrate to OneNote

OneNote Clipper – the easiest way to save anything you see on the Web to OneNote, in just one click – was introduced a few months ago, and works with IE, Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Many users requested a Chrome extension for the Clipper; that is now available as an easy-to-access, OneNote button for launching the clipper from your Chrome browser.

June 6, 2014

In the cloud: Preview of Apache HBase clusters inside Microsoft Azure HDInsight is announced

Earlier this week, Microsoft said there will be an update to HDInsight to support Hadoop 2.4 for 100 times faster queries. On Friday, the company announced the preview of Apache HBase clusters inside Microsoft Azure HDInsight, Micrsoft’s Hadoop-based service in the cloud.

June 6, 2014

Choices abound with new Windows devices unveiled at Computex 2014

Computex 2014 may be winding down, but the excitement is just beginning for customers looking for the right Windows device to fit their needs. Nearly 40 new Windows and Windows Phone devices of all shapes, sizes and prices were announced this week by manufacturers at Computex.

June 6, 2014

Get inspired with official TED app, now on Windows Phone

TED – aka Technology, Entertainment and Design – brings together education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends to share their stories, ideas and wisdom at events held in North America, Europe and Asia. These sessions are recorded and available for free through the official TED app, new to Windows Phone.

June 6, 2014

The Internet of Things is helping the London Underground run more smoothly

In the U.K., where more than a billion people a year use the London Underground, Microsoft is working with enterprise telecommunications and IT services firms telent and CGI to modernize the systems that securely monitor, manage and automate everything from escalators, lifts and HVAC controls to closed-circuit video and communication systems. It’s a great example of how the Internet of Things works.

June 6, 2014

Everything old is new again with retro 30th anniversary update to ‘Tetris Blitz’

It’s the same game that’s been beloved since it was born in Moscow in 1984: Rearrange falling blocks, called Tetriminos, in the stack below by rotating them into place. If you do it correctly with no gaps, you score major points as you wipe out entire rows and keep going.