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July 24, 2013

The back-to-school countdown is about to begin. Take a look at our slideshow of cool devices and tools that will help your students and family stay connected and on track throughout the school year. You’ll find PCs, smart phones, tablets, other hardware and more to keep your student on the right track wherever they go.

July 24, 2013

Earlier this month at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Executive Vice President Satya Nadella announced a new Premium service for Windows Azure SQL Database that will bring flexibility and choice across on-premises and the cloud for business-class applications. Today, the preview for that service went live.

July 24, 2013

Back-to-school time isn’t just about buying glue anymore. It’s a season of rebooting, starting fresh and getting back to business for all of us. What better time then, to get a new PC?

July 24, 2013

Now, active Yammer users can simply mention pending users in their posts, and they’ll receive an email with the contents of the message and an invitation to join Yammer.

July 24, 2013

Microsoft understands that users will build applications on open source operating systems. With the “2012 R2 wave,” IT Pros can have it all. That’s because the R2 wave was built with an open source environment top of mind, and will deliver a suite of products that are more adaptable and more powerful than ever.

July 24, 2013

Xbox Live Gold members can access the CNET Xbox SmartGlass app to enhance what they’re watching on CNET by answering quiz questions and polls, and looking up related information. They can even use the app as a remote control on a tablet or smart phone to search, select, play, or pause shows like “Always-On,” “CNET on Cars,” and “Rumor Has It.”

July 24, 2013

This trailer for the new “Splinter Cell: Blacklist” is intense. So is Blacklist, a terrorist organization that it seems can’t be stopped – not by laws, not by diplomacy, not by an army.

July 24, 2013

Xbox One’s unique capabilities are going to take gaming to the next generation faster than the Starship Enterprise. And in keeping with Captain Jean Luc Picard’s famous command, developers from some of the most celebrated studios in the world shared with Comic-Con fans just how they planned to make it so.

July 24, 2013

Go retro sci-fi with “Flight Control Rocket,” a follow-up to “Flight Control” that once was exclusive to Nokia phone users and is now available to many more would-be rocketeers on Windows Phone (7.5 and 8).

July 24, 2013

You may think of a 50s sci-fi movie (or its 80s remake) if you haven’t heard of “Blobster,” but it’s really a Windows Phone game that was formerly only available to Nokia phone users. In the game, a wide-eyed blob takes on a trifecta of adversaries: pollution in Blobtopia, the evil Big and Powerful Corporation and some mega baddie called Blobzilla.