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October 23, 2013

New, free Windows Themes available to celebrate Windows 8.1

If you use dual monitors in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, you’re in for a treat: New, free animal themes are available to you, with subjects including blue-and-yellow macaws, penguins, cheetahs and monkeys. Single-screen users, you’re in luck, too. A series of new themes includes birds, beaches, sunny shoes, classic sports cars, muscle cars, Europe and color splashes.

October 23, 2013

Lync Voice is ‘the voice’ when it comes to leading enterprise shipments

Microsoft is now shipping more enterprise voice lines than any other technology company in the world, according to internal research from the company, as well as from analysis firm T3i Group LLC.

October 23, 2013

‘Lots of goodies’ included in Windows Azure SDK 2.2 release

Windows Azure received some big updates on Tuesday, and in conjunction, there also was the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.2, which adds “a lot of goodies” to the enterprise cloud platform, says Scott Guthrie, Windows Azure corporate vice president, on ScottGu’s Blog.

October 23, 2013

The man behind ‘Forza Motorsport’ flips driving genre on its head

This in-depth EUROGAMER.net story by Martin Robinson goes into how “Forza was born out of a business strategy conjured by a company hungry for the mainstream successes that Sony’s PlayStation was enjoying.”

October 23, 2013

CSS Scrolling Snap Points will make IE panning faster

The Internet Explorer team has submitted a new specification to the World Wide Web Consortium that will enable “fast and fluid panning experiences for touch and other input devices, based on APIs introduced in IE 10 and improved in IE11.”

October 22, 2013

‘Titanfall’ touches down on March 11 exclusively for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC

North American fans of “Titanfall” now have a date on which they could have this release in their hands: Mar. 11, 2014. Stores will stock it exclusively for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PCs.

October 22, 2013

Skype for Windows 8.1 is a multitasker’s nirvana

If you often watch TV while keeping one eye on your phone for incoming emails, or while playing a game on your tablet, you’ll like Skype for Windows 8.1, available now.

October 22, 2013

Could the Internet of Things help trigger a new period of economic growth?

Think back on some of the technological advances that had tremendous impact on the economy: electricity, flight, automobiles, telephones and the PC. Today, mobile phones are well along their way to joining that list, and coming hot on their heels is the Internet of Things.

October 22, 2013

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 now available

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013, which includes the installer, release notes and updated documentation, is available now on the Microsoft Download Center.

October 22, 2013

The new SQL Server backup to Windows Azure is secure, durable and cost-effective

Microsoft recently announced several new ways to back up and recover SQL Server databases with Windows Azure. These features, now available in SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and as a standalone tool for prior versions, provide an easy path to cloud backup and disaster recovery for on-premises SQL Server databases.