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October 7, 2013

Activision, Treyarch and Xbox join forces to help veterans through the Call of Duty Endowment

Activision Publishing, Treyarch and Xbox have teamed together to support the Call of Duty Endowment – Activision Blizzard’s 501(c)(3) non-profit that helps returning service members by funding organizations that place vets into high quality careers.

October 7, 2013

Deploying Windows Embedded 8.1? Find out why ADK and MDT are your friends

With the release of Windows Embedded 8.1 and its alignment to the Windows code base, new capabilities and tools become available. For instance organizations can now use tools like the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8.1, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

October 7, 2013

Just how deep would you like to dig into Xbox One’s architecture?

On Saturday, Digital Foundry published an 8,000-plus-word interview on the Xbox One architecture. “We’re looking at around an hour’s worth of very dense tech talk here,” the magazine said in its introduction. If that’s your cup of tea, here’s the interview.

October 7, 2013

Microsoft devices improve air travel through empowered passengers and cabin crew

Matt Muta, Microsoft’s managing director of Global Hospitality and Travel, talks about how Microsoft is helping airlines make travel more easy and enjoyable for customers, and more efficient for airlines and flight crews.

October 7, 2013

New CardLinx Association will help consumers cash in on online offers

A new association of ecommerce, banking and social media companies aims to make it easier for consumers to take advantage of online deals and offers. The CardLinx Association will link offer delivery to a credit, debit or other payment card, so the consumer doesn’t need to use a paper coupon, voucher or promotion code, a type of service known as card linked offers.

October 6, 2013

Microsoft joins new Alliance for Affordable Internet to help increase broadband access, bring down costs

On Sunday at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation’s Annual Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, Microsoft announced its membership in the newly formed Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI).

October 5, 2013

Technology key to tapping $770 billion growth potential for small and medium-sized enterprises

What’s the key to sparking further growth in the global economy? A study released by Microsoft on Friday points to technology.

October 5, 2013

Microsoft will make upcoming Windows Azure Active Directory enhancements a free update

A new set of capabilities in Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) are right on track for release in 2013, and a few of them are in preview now. These enhancements will simplify the management of access to many popular SaaS (software as a service) applications, and as reported Friday on the Active Directory Team Blog, the updates will be provided at no cost.

October 5, 2013

Microsoft Disaster Response program helps you get the information you need, fast

In the Microsoft Disaster Response Blog, Harmony Mabrey, senior operations manager for Microsoft Disaster Response, describes how the team works to understand the root of problems from the perspective of those most affected by it, and then apply the technology that solves the issue.

October 5, 2013

Want a byte? Microsoft CodePlex adds GNU GPLv3 so developers can more easily share their creations

On Thursday, the Microsoft CodePlex team announced that CodePlex has added GNU GPLv3 (General Public License version 3) – the most recent GPL available – to its quick-pick list of licensing options. This comes after a recent review and in response to the requests of some patient developers in the CodePlex community.