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December 9, 2013
New business apps for Windows 8.1 boost productivity, security

Some of the apps are about workplace collaboration; others about sharing a cloud-based educational curriculum, and there are many, many more for Windows 8.1, all of them enterprise grade, writes Sanket Akerkar, vice president, Developer and Platform Evangelism group.

December 9, 2013
Hideo Kojima talks Kiefer Sutherland, ‘Metal Gear Solid V’ for Xbox One

Kiefer Sutherland will join the “Metal Gear” franchise to help “raise the bar” when it comes to bringing even more expressiveness in voice and facial performance to “match the capabilities of the hardware,” Hideo Kojima, legendary creator of the “Metal Gear Solid” franchise, tells Xbox Wire in this exclusive interview.

December 9, 2013
Make and share collages and memes with Socl Windows Phone app

Socl is the free Windows Phone 8 companion app to the new social networking service from Microsoft Research FUSE Labs that gives you the ability to quickly create image collages, animated memes and so much more – and share them with your friends and family.

December 9, 2013
Tune into Dec. 10 webinar for the best Office tips and tricks of 2013

Want to know how to use keyboard shortcuts in Outlook.com? Or how to use Excel surveys in the cloud? Or how to use version history in Office Web Apps? You can get the answers to these and other best Office tips and tricks of 2013 by tuning into Tuesday’s “Office 15-Minute Webinar.”

December 8, 2013
Reforming government surveillance

Microsoft joins with AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter and Yahoo to propose principles for reforming government surveillance laws and practices. In an open letter, the companies also urged the president and the United States Congress to take the lead on reform.