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October 8, 2013
Microsoft shareholder letter for fiscal year 2013

Microsoft has released its annual report for fiscal year 2013, including its annual shareholder letter. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer notes that it is the last shareholder letter he will write as CEO of the company.

October 7, 2013
Dell announces migration service to help customers move off Windows XP

Windows XP support is ending in April 2014. To help their customers with the approaching end of service, Dell Services on Monday announced the Windows Migration Fast Forward Service, which enables a customer to jumpstart a new migration or fast-forward one already in progress.

October 7, 2013
Surface 2 find fans in Penny Arcade comic artist and former iPad artist

The Surface 2, which just made its public debut on Sept.23, is already making an impression on a lot of people, including Mike Krahulik (aka “Gabe,” the artist behind the online comics on Penny Arcade, one of the most popular communities for gamers on the Web) and Roz Hall, a University technology advisor by day. But by night Hall is a self-proclaimed iPad Artist who has since switched over to the Surface.

October 7, 2013
Deploying Windows Embedded 8.1? Find out why ADK and MDT are your friends

With the release of Windows Embedded 8.1 and its alignment to the Windows code base, new capabilities and tools become available. For instance organizations can now use tools like the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8.1, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

October 7, 2013
Just how deep would you like to dig into Xbox One’s architecture?

On Saturday, Digital Foundry published an 8,000-plus-word interview on the Xbox One architecture. “We’re looking at around an hour’s worth of very dense tech talk here,” the magazine said in its introduction. If that’s your cup of tea, here’s the interview.