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May 12, 2014
Sign up for free May 13 webinar on ‘8 great timesavers in Outlook’

Did you know that you can drag any email into your calendar to make an appointment? Or get rid of emails that you don’t want to see? Learn how to do those things, along with six other time-saving Outlook tips, at a free Office 15-Minute Webinar program that starts at 9:15 a.m. PT, Tuesday, May 13.

May 12, 2014
West Virginia Department of Education partners with Microsoft to bring innovative technology to schools statewide

A Q-and-A between Margo Day, vice president of U.S. Education at Microsoft, and Sterling Beane, the West Virginia Department of Education’s chief technology officer, reveals details of a strategic partnership between the public and private sectors that aims for lower costs and broader access for schools and families in West Virginia to innovative technology, including Office 365.

May 12, 2014
Meet the indie minds behind ‘Super Time Force,’ coming May 14

Independent studio Capybara Games is releasing “Super Time Force,” May 14 for Xbox One and Xbox 360, and it “certainly bears our hallmarks: familiar mechanics taken in a far-out direction, beautifully stylized art, jokes and barf,” says Dan Vader, the game’s co-designer, level designer and writer.

May 12, 2014
Customize your Bing Desktop with favorite Bing home page pictures

The latest update to Bing Desktop makes it easier to customize and share your favorite home page images. Now instead of having your wallpaper automatically synced to the Bing home page-of-the-day, you have the option to set the categories you want to sync and the frequency with which they change.

May 12, 2014
Watch out for email scam alleging that your Facebook ‘messages will be deleted’

If you recently received an email from “Facebook” telling you that you haven’t been to the social networking site for a few days, and that your messages will be deleted unless you click on a link in the email, do not click on that link or others in the email, writes Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager.