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January 6, 2014

New Xbox Fitness service features famous trainers to keep you on your toes

Many of us are all about fitness in the new year for about … what, two weeks? Three weeks? Maybe four. But you can increase your odds for success by using the new Xbox Fitness service, featuring tips from famous trainers to achieve your fitness goals.

January 6, 2014

Face an invading army of ‘Romans from Mars’ – new for Windows Phone 8

As a Roman soldier with a crossbow, you don’t have the resources to fend off this formidable enemy – until Jupiter gives you awesome and terrifying elemental powers: Fire, Ice, Earth and Lightning.

January 6, 2014

Toshiba introduces world’s first 4K laptops at CES 2014

On Monday, Toshiba made 4K display technology more accessible to mobile professionals and enthusiasts by announcing two exciting new Windows 8.1 laptops that feature integrated 15.6-inch 4K Ultra-HD displays. Coming in mid-2014, these new Toshiba 4K laptops will take laptop screen resolution to the next level.

January 6, 2014

HP’s new all-in-one PCs make smart business sense for the new year

On Monday, HP announced two new all-in-one PCs that are great choices for the workplace, the ProOne 400 G1 and the HP 205. Both are powered by Windows 8.1.

January 6, 2014

Kick off a healthy New Year with Xbox One, Skype, Bing and more

Many folks kick off the new year pumped to pursue fitness goals. As you go through this slideshow, you’ll find ways to get to the new and improved you – without ever having to leave home.

January 6, 2014

Devices, services and moments

Frank Shaw presents a lively video retrospective of the year and shares his thoughts on how today’s tech tools help us make the most of every situation we’re in.

January 6, 2014

Xbox One sales top 3 million

Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Xbox strategy and marketing, thanked customers for an “epic 2013,” in an Xbox Wire post on Monday. “2013 was an incredible year for gamers, entertainment fans, our industry and Xbox,” Mehdi said.

January 6, 2014

Facebook and Microsoft partner on hackathon

“A number of our engineers, along with Facebook’s engineers, will be there working with everyone to show how you can easily get deep integration across Windows and Windows Phone apps,” writes Steve Guggenheimer in a blog post. “We’ll be offering 1:1 assistance along with some great speakers that will help jumpstart any app efforts you have.”

January 6, 2014

New Bing Knowledge widget enhances your website using entity data

You might be familiar with Bing’s “snapshots” – the modules that intelligently serve up information about key “entities” (like people, places, TV shows) while you search. Now you can augment your own website or blog with that same entity data using the new Bing Knowledge widget.

January 6, 2014

Amongst Grammy nominees, one surefire winner emerges: the Surface 2, its official tablet

The Grammy Awards are a great place to show how technology can bring fans closer to their favorite musicians. This year, Surface 2 is the official tablet for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and it powered the Recording Academy’s social feeds to give fans an all-access pass, including behind-the-scenes pictures from the recent nominations show hosted by LL Cool J.