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February 10, 2014

Partners: Get involved with Voices for Innovation to help influence public policy about technology

Voices for Innovation is a Microsoft-supported community of partners and other IT professionals who want to stay informed about public policy issues that impact the IT sector and their businesses, as well as to learn about unique IT opportunities, writes Microsoft sales excellence program manager Eric Ligman.

February 10, 2014

Visual Studio completes new deployment, adds two features

Visual Studio completed sprint 60 deployment Feb. 9, and with it, two new features: Exporting test plan as HTML documents and permission to control who creates new work item tags.

February 10, 2014

Microsoft and Lufthansa Systems take mobile services airborne at Singapore Airshow

BoardConnect app added to growing list of partner solutions available for Windows devices.

February 10, 2014

Norway awarded bronze medal for efforts in computer security

Norway’s cross-country efforts in computer security have scooped up Microsoft’s bronze medal as one of the world’s best at keeping their environment free of malware.

February 10, 2014

Here’s one island you won’t want to get off: ‘Kinect Sports Rivals’

A preview trailer of the upcoming “Kinect Sports Rivals” unveils a lush and gorgeous island where competition is fierce, and hazards await if you’re not on your toes (or maybe off them).

February 10, 2014

Power BI for Office 365, for analyzing, sharing and visualizing data in the cloud, now generally available

Microsoft’s “self-service business intelligence solution designed for everyone” is now generally available, writes Quentin Clark, Data Platform Group corporate vice president.

February 10, 2014

Find Bitcoin conversions on Bing

Bitcoin (the peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency) conversions will appear at the top of Bing results when you pose questions such as, “How many Bitcoins do you need for a $71,000 Tesla?” Bing already has more than 50 currencies in its index that displays conversions at the top of search results.

February 10, 2014

Microsoft’s Power BI for Office 365 comes out of preview, simplifies data analysis and visualizations

February 10, 2014

Microsoft adds Bitcoin to Bing’s currency converter

February 8, 2014

‘The LEGO Movie Videogame’ now available for Xbox One

If you’re doing a block party (yes, pun intended) to celebrate the Feb. 7 release of “The LEGO Movie,” keep some extra chips and dip on hand: “The LEGO Movie Videogame,” for Xbox One, is also now available, notes Major Nelson’s blog.