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August 23, 2013

OneNote to rule schoolwork, OneNote to find lectures, OneNote to bring it all together

William Devereux, a computer science student at California State University and OneNote summer intern, describes how he used the software to keep track of all his lectures notes throughout his entire college career in a single notebook.

August 23, 2013

Video: New Microsoft technology embeds information in 3D-printed objects

InfraStructs is a Microsoft Research project that lets you embed shapes, watermarks and codes within a 3D-printed object. The embedded information can be read back via terahertz scanning and, unlike with printed codes or RFID, it’s invisible and doesn’t require circuits or antennas to be transmitted.

August 23, 2013

‘Peggle 2’ coming first to Xbox One

“Peggle 2,” the sequel to the No. 1 puzzle game of 2007, is launching this year, first on Xbox One. PopCap Games, creator of some of the world’s most beloved video game franchises and a division of Electronic Arts Inc., provided the first glimpse of “Peggle 2” at gamescom this week.

August 23, 2013

Compare Bing’s improved image search results vs. Google

The Search Quality Insights Blog reports on some of its various techniques that zero in on what people are really looking for, which will hopefully save them time in finding what they want. And to make it more interesting, the blog post shows those techniques at work against Google results.

August 22, 2013

Thanks to Skype, it’s an even smaller world, after all

Skype lets users stay in touch with family and friends across the world with little more than a click of the mouse. To make this point, Comedian Mark Malkoff decided to see if he could talk to people in 162 countries around the world using Skype. Take a look at the video to see how he did it.

August 22, 2013

Deloitte, Cloud Security Alliance validate Windows Azure security measures

Microsoft takes its customers’ security seriously across all of our products. That is particularly true of our cloud services, so it’s always good to get validation from our industry partners and third-party organizations where security is concerned.

August 22, 2013

You can now see Xbox One in person at Microsoft retail stores

Xbox One won’t go on sale for a few months, but in the meantime you can now lay eyes on one at Microsoft retail stores across the U.S.

August 22, 2013

Four ways teamwork can make the dream work

Focusing on employees can make a world of difference to the success and reputation of the company, which is why Cindy Bates, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. Small-and-Midsized Business (SMB) group, has shared four ways to invest in employees on the SMB Blog.

August 22, 2013

Developers: Check out new resources for writing code across Windows and Windows Phone

We’ve talked with the developer community about being able to leverage the same code to deliver similar applications on Windows Phone and Windows. To that end, we wanted to highlight some great work the .NET team has done with the release of a new, portable class library version of HttpClient.

August 22, 2013

Do you sell tech to small and mid-sized businesses? Check out Microsoft’s new US SMB Champions Club

At this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft introduced the U.S. SMB Champions Club, designed for partners who serve small and medium-sized businesses. On Tuesday the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team blog provided details about the offering.