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January 17, 2014

Weekly Windows Store sale includes Little Red Riding Hood HD, ‘Dragon Portals’ and ‘Fantastic Farm’

The weekly Windows Store sale known as the Red Stripe Deals gives you six games and apps priced to tempt with at least 50 percent in savings. The latest batch includes a classic children’s story, ghostly pirate ships and magical farms.

January 17, 2014

Clean out your inbox even faster with Outlook.com’s improved Sweep and Search features

The average Outlook.com customer gets more than 10,000 personal emails a year – and 80 percent of them are, well, let’s just say, less than urgent. We’re talking newsletters, sales offers and updates. In the coming weeks, Outlook.com is rolling out improvements to existing features, including Sweep and Search to deal with such clutter.

January 17, 2014

Latest recipients of Windows Azure research grants include forensic investigations and ‘Gangnam Style’

Microsoft Research’s Windows Azure for Research program includes an ongoing series of Windows Azure cloud training events and Windows Azure research grants, with the most recent topics and recipients selected ranging from “Minority Report: Using the Cloud to Enable Proactive Digital Forensic Investigations” by Liliana Pasquale of the University of Limerick, Ireland, to “Does ‘Gangnam Style’ really exist? – Answers from data science perspective” by Joon Heo of Yonsei University in South Korea.

January 17, 2014

ABB shows how intelligent systems can create a collaboration platform for better plant operations

Partha Srinivasan, Windows Embedded Server and SQL products manager, has written previously about how server appliances used in the industrial automation and manufacturing industries can improve productivity. On the Windows Embedded Blog Jan. 16, he shares a “real-life illustration of just how powerfully effective these systems can be.”

January 16, 2014

NPD numbers: Xbox One leads in December

December NPD Group figures released Thursday revealed Xbox One was the No. 1 selling console in the market in the U.S., selling 908,000 units in December. Additionally, Xbox 360 continued to see strong momentum with 643,000 units sold in December, putting it in the No. 3 spot overall, and lead for last-generation hardware.

January 16, 2014

Sharpen your brain with ‘3rd Floor Word Search’ for Windows 8

Select puzzles from more than 150 categories, four game modes, four difficulty settings and randomly generated game boards. You can also track your improvement over time and see how you stack up with other players on the leaderboards.

January 16, 2014

It’s easy – and safer – to set up separate accounts when your family shares a PC

For many, the home computer is an always-on device, with everyone in the family using it during various times of the day. That’s why it’s worth taking a few minutes to set up separate accounts for each person who uses the PC to keep it – and your family – safer.

January 16, 2014

Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. expands to China

Through its operations in Shanghai, MS Open Tech will play a pivotal role by driving investments in interoperability and standards in Microsoft products, contributing to the local open source communities and enabling open source software on Microsoft platforms, such as Windows Azure.

January 16, 2014

RCS MediaGroup uses Office 365 and other Microsoft technology to modernize its communications

Global Italian multimedia publishing company has modernized and unified its communications infrastructure and enabled flexible, cloud-based collaboration through a comprehensive Microsoft technology solution that includes Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure, Microsoft Lync 2013, Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft SharePoint 2013.

January 16, 2014

Staff App Pick: Georama

Planning a vacation? Georama helps you explore cities, find hotels, activities and get lots more information about potential destinations. Just enter the parameters and preferences of your trip to get high quality vacation recommendations.