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April 23, 2014

Update to ‘Total Conquest’ includes new potions and monsters

When you play “Total Conquest” on your Windows Phone device, tablet or PC, you’re in a battle to end all battles to control the Roman Empire after the death of Caesar. And now, new mythological elements have been added, as the gods send divine soldiers and fearsome monsters into the fray.

April 23, 2014

‘Garage Series for Office 365’ gives you a close-up look at new Groups experience in email

One of Yammer’s most powerful tools, Groups, is being added to Office 365, and in a new episode of the “Garage Series for Office 365,” you can learn more about how Groups works for email, collaboration and social.

April 23, 2014

Lync customers: Check out updated resources for choosing the right IP phone devices

Lync, including enterprise voice, is being used by more and more businesses, and the IP Phone page that helps customers find the right IP phones, USB audio and video devices, has been updated.

April 23, 2014

Microsoft Advertising partners with The Ad Council and TEACH on a campaign to recruit new teachers

Microsoft is a longtime supporter and board member of the Ad Council, and member of the Coalition Board of TEACH. Microsoft has launched a series of interactive activities on Xbox 360, Windows 8 and MSN that expose millions of aspiring educators to what it takes to be a teacher.

April 23, 2014

‘Child of Light,’ due out April 30, is a role-playing game in ‘platformer shoes’

Ubisoft’s “Child of Light,” inspired by Eastern European fairy tales and Japanese role-playing games, has cooperative gameplay, but it can also be played solo.

April 23, 2014

The Internet of Things writes an Rx for better patient care

A new single sign-on system, plus anywhere, anytime access to critical patient data based on Microsoft technologies, is freeing up precious time for physicians at one California hospital — so they can focus more on patient care and less on hospital IT.

April 23, 2014

Bing in the Classroom program makes ad-free, safer Web searching available to all US schools

Bing in the Classroom removes ads and blocks searches from being used for personalized advertising for all Bing.com searches done through the school’s network, making Bing the only major search engine to provide ad-free searches tailored specifically for the classroom.

April 22, 2014

Is ‘E.T.’ buried in the desert? Join Xbox Entertainment Studios April 25-26 to find out

The public is invited to attend an excavation in the New Mexican desert this weekend to see whether the tale of Atari’s alleged burial of millions of unsold “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” cartridges three decades ago is fact or fiction.

April 22, 2014

New ‘Warface,’ Xbox 360 edition, brings you fresh missions daily

There’s lots of explosive action in “Warface,” Xbox 360 edition, from Crytek, which is now available and free to play for Xbox Live Gold members.

April 22, 2014

Find out how Bing delivers high-quality image results

When you search for images on Bing, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes to ensure you’re getting great results.