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Microsoft has announced it will put the standard 12 examination results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on its search engine Bing. The standard 10 results will also be put out in a similar fashion. Microsoft that they aim to take out the unknown elements from exam result experiences and make the process easy and reliable.

The new “Doom” sticks closely to the wacky plot of the original 1993 game. Once again, players portray an unnamed space marine crudely blasting his way across Mars, where hellish demons of all shapes and sizes are pouring out of gaping interdimensional holes. All the weapons a die-hard “Doom” devotee could desire are present. There’s the rocket launcher, super shotgun, chainsaw and — of course — the BFG.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in India later this month. In his third visit to the country in just seven months, Nadella is expected to meet entrepreneurs and developers as part of the trip. Microsoft will also host an event with Nadella on 30 May. According to the invites, the head of the US-based software giant will talk about “how technology is fostering a culture of innovation to solve real-world problems and driving India’s transformation”.

There’s been a lot of talk the last couple of weeks about the newest Battlefield and Call of Duty games. Xbox One users can now download the original Call of Duty: Black Ops game on their current generation consoles thanks to backwards compatibility. The game is being offered, as a special treat, for a deep discount for those who have an Xbox Live Gold account.

Microsoft is working on a new digital assistant called the Bing Concierge Bot. According to Microsoft’s job description, the Bing Concierge Bot will be able to communicate with the user over a variety of chat platforms, including Skype, Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram. The “highly intelligent productivity agent” performs the same tasks a human assistant would. It automatically completes tasks for the user and runs errands on the user’s behalf.

Microsoft has pledged to make its cloud a bit greener. Efficient energy use was easier for Microsoft when it was a builder of out-of-the-box software whose main energy need was keeping the lights on at its office parks. According to Microsoft President Brad Smith data centers “will rank by the middle of the next decade among the large users of electrical power on the planet.” He said, “We need to keep working on a sustained basis to build and operate greener datacenters that will serve the world well.”

Microsoft’s Magic Mirror can recognize and greet users, read their emotions and display the weather, time and other information. The Magic Mirror has a hidden facial-recognition camera that can detect eight human emotions, including anger, happiness and surprise. The company plans to expand the mirror’s features, allowing it to show app-fed news as well as Facebook and Twitter feeds in a display panel.

Microsoft threw a bone to Windows 7 users by releasing a cumulative roll-up that collects all the bug fixes from February 2011 to April 2016, making it easier to update a PC running the still-standard OS. By using the roll-up, Windows 7 users can skip the tedious process of downloading and installing hundreds of individual updates via Windows Update, or on the business side, through an IT-managed patch system like Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Warner Bros. has announced that the Xbox One will be receiving remasters of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City on July 26th, 2016. They will be packaged together as the Batman: Return to Arkham bundle and retail for $50.

Winners of the national final round of Imagine Cup innovation competition in Azerbaijan were identified. The event was held by Microsoft Azerbaijan, Nar, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Communication and Higher Technologies and High-Tech Park. The purpose of the competition is to reveal talented students, establish condition for their preparation as specialists, ready for the demands of tomorrow’s market. Nar has been supporting Microsoft Imagine Cup innovation competition for the second year.