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January 17, 2014
Microsoft US education exec: Commit to respecting student privacy in the cloud

A recently published study by the Fordham Center for Law and Information Policy has prompted Margo Day, vice president of U.S. Education for Microsoft, to issue a call to action to school leaders, parent groups, industry groups and policy makers to be better partners with schools. She suggests coming up with solutions on how to be more transparent about student data and agreeing to clear restrictions on the use of student data, including not using such data for advertising, sales or marketing purposes or without parental consent.

January 17, 2014
Tips for using your own images to personalize Windows 8.1

It’s easy to make Windows 8.1 truly yours by adding your own images to the user interface. One feature for doing that lets you create panoramic backgrounds for dual monitors; another enables you to use your own photo as a picture password for better security.

January 17, 2014
Run toward ‘The Zombies are Coming!’ collection for Windows Phone

More than 30 games run the gamut of zombie culture, from “Into the Dead” (set in the middle of a zombie apocalypse where staying alive means moving fast and defending yourself against hordes of the undead), to the alien zombies among us in “Zombie DOOM,” to the more playful “Zombie Ragdoll” and irreverent “Wall Street Zombies.”

January 17, 2014
How OneNote makes life easier for one family on the go

William Devereux got his seven-member family using OneNote originally as a “place to store a list of Wi-Fi network IDs and passwords where we all could access them.” In the three years since then, OneNote has become the go-to resource for the household for much more.