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In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories about the new Windows devices and phones introduced at Computex in Taiwan, and how students in Houston, the seventh-largest school district in the U.S., will use Office 365 to help in their education.

New PC drivers for the Xbox One controller are now available for download, offering PC gamers a better way to play using the Xbox One controller, Major Nelson wrote Thursday in a blog post.

Joel Willans, editor of Connects and self-described “lover of Lumias,” knows that many of us have summer on the brain. Still, if you’re not already too busy soaking up rays, and want to add some excellent games to your Windows Phone, he’s got 10 top picks for you.

The award, bestowed by the German publishers and booksellers association, is an annually awarded international prize and considered one of Europe’s most prestigious honors.

When Ester Ambrose, a young governess, inherits a family mansion in London in 1830, the incredible – and incredibly intricate – adventures begin as she passes through the massive iron gates in the new hidden-object game, “Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres,” free for Windows tablets and PCs.

In Disney’s “Words of Wonder,” free for Windows Phone, tablets and PCs, Watson the Owl needs your help, big-time. He has to fight the grey curse and restore color to his storybook world.

Red Stripe Deals are available every Thursday, and give you a 50 percent (or more) savings for six popular apps and games for Windows. The latest set includes a cross-platform messaging app, a surrealistic puzzle game and the evil counterpart to the “Doodle God” games.

Swiss company SenseFLY Ltd. makes civilian mini-drones and software for the accurate mapping of mining sites, quarries, forests, construction sites and crops, and the Surface Pro has been instrumental in helping the company do its work.