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April 9, 2014

Microsoft Azure, Skype and Windows 8 help media companies easily create, deliver content

This week, at the National Association of Broadcasters’ 2014 NAB Show exhibition, Microsoft announced a new Microsoft Azure customer in FansChoice.TV, a critical industry partnership with video analytics Ooyala, a new Microsoft Azure secure delivery, and a new studio-grade solution for broadcasters from Skype called Skype TX.

April 9, 2014

Microsoft Spectrum Observatory shows how wireless airwaves are used

Microsoft released all of the source code March 31 for the Microsoft Spectrum Observatory under an open source software license, a move that will increase opportunity for collaboration with academics, governments and others interested in learning more about how wireless spectrum is used.

April 9, 2014

Wizardly wonder: ‘LEGO The Hobbit’ now available for Xbox One

Follow Hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he is recruited by the Wizard Gandalf to aid Thorin Oakenshield and his Company of Dwarves, but hurry; you might get left behind in some scary places.

April 8, 2014

#ICreatedThis: Microsoft employees and customers doing amazing things

Over the past month, we’ve introduced you to a group of Microsoft employees and customers doing amazing and unexpected things with Microsoft technology through a series of social posts we call #ICreatedThis. What have you created using Microsoft technology? Tell us for the chance to be featured. Here’s a roundup of #ICreatedThis stories so far to get your ideas flowing.

April 8, 2014

Watch ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 premiere for free on your Xbox One, Xbox 360

HBO teamed up with Xbox to bring the highly anticipated episode to Xbox One and Xbox 360, available for viewing through April 14 whether or not you subscribe to HBO or an Xbox Live Gold member.

April 8, 2014

EPIX updates catalog and rolls out 3 months free to more than 3 million cable subscribers

The instant streaming app EPIX, which you can use to watch movies like “World War Z” or “Hunger Games” on Windows PCs and tablets, just updated its content catalog for April. Also, more than 3 million Time Warner Cable customers can get the service for free for three months.

April 8, 2014

A trio of new games joins AppCampus Showcase collection

The AppCampus Showcase collection highlights games and apps built by mobile developers, and for a limited time, new additions are exclusive to Windows Phone. The latest trio includes the WiRub app, “Starfleet War” and “Pirates Don’t Run.”

April 8, 2014

Skype for Windows 2.7 adds invisible option, brings back sign out

A new version of Skype for Windows PCs and tablets is now available, and it can help manage your busy life through different options for showing availability.

April 8, 2014

12 projects win 2014 Microsoft Research Awards for the Software Engineering Innovations Foundation

The Software Engineering Innovations Foundation (SEIF) has sponsored research into core software engineering challenges, and also funded investigations into software engineering’s applications in mobile and cloud computing and natural user interface(NUI). Some 70 reviewers from across Microsoft conducted an internal review of 129 proposals to select the 12 winning projects of the 2014 Microsoft Research Awards. The recipients will each receive $40,000.

April 8, 2014

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.0 now available

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) 2.0, a supported, freely available solution for converting VMware-based virtual machines and virtual disks to Hyper-V-based virtual machines and virtual hard disks, is being released Tuesday, reports the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team.