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January 21, 2014

Get a racing rush with ‘Asphalt 8: Airborne’ – now free for Windows Phone, PCs and tablets

Race solo through tunnels, off bridges, down embankments, through town and along the superhighway in one of 47 luxury dream cars (including a Lamborghini Veneno, Bugatti Veyron and a Ferrari FXX) in nine different locations (including French Guiana, Iceland and the Nevada Desert).

January 21, 2014

This week’s Xbox Live Store deals include ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ on demand for Xbox 360

If you’ve been waiting to get games like “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” “Final Fantasy XIII-2” and “Dark Souls,” for Xbox 360, now’s your chance. They’re among the games on demand and add-on deals available this week in the Xbox Live Games Store, with savings of between 33 and 75 percent.

January 21, 2014

Zippo lights up 80th anniversary – and looks to future – by choosing Microsoft Dynamics AX

Zippo recently found that its IT infrastructure wasn’t keeping up, and chose Microsoft Dynamics AX as a solution that could support its future growth plans.

January 21, 2014

Bing Sports app adds player profiles, personalized news and details on live NBA, NFL games

Updated with personalized news, player profiles and better ways to keep track of live games, the Bing Sports app for Windows Phone 8 is now even more useful for fans who want information about their favorite teams at their fingertips.

January 21, 2014

Staff App Pick: Plex for Windows and Windows Phone 8

Backing up your DVD collection and hosting them on a Plex server is a great way to keep the collection safe and easily available. Once you have all the DVDs backed up on a Plex server, simply hand any Windows or Windows Phone device to a family member and they can easily navigate your Plex personal library and watch any of the available videos, on-demand.

January 21, 2014

Time for an international convention on government access to data

Microsoft on the Issues blog post from Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft.

January 20, 2014

‘Dead Rising 3’ add-on content to be released Jan. 21, includes two-handed ‘minigun’ for annihilating zombies

The first add-on content for “Dead Rising 3” will be released Jan. 21, and Xbox Wire spoke with the game’s executive producer, Josh Bridge, about the new content, “Operation Broken Eagle,” and the title update.

January 20, 2014

Microsoft Research announces Open Access policy for publications

Microsoft Research announced its Open Access policy for researcher’s publications Monday, saying the policy will benefit Microsoft Research “and the external research community by empowering our researchers to share their work freely.”

January 20, 2014

Free Windows Azure online training for developers, IT pros starts Jan. 27

The training kicks off with a live demo from Scott Guthrie, Microsoft corporate vice president, Windows Azure. Guthrie will build a real-world application from scratch, and developers and IT Pros will get an idea of what Windows Azure can do.

January 20, 2014

Education World Forum shines light on Microsoft’s e-learning advances

As educators and government leaders from around the world gather in London for the invitation-only Education World Forum (EWF), Anthony Salcito, vice president of Worldwide Education of Microsoft, used the opportunity to introduce updates to several programs that “help prepare the students of today to become the workforce of tomorrow” – such as expanding the language availability of the Teaching with Technology comprehensive e-learning curriculum.