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July 16, 2013

Launching in November exclusively for Xbox One, “Dead Rising 3” marks the return of the wildly popular zombie franchise and introduces a blockbuster open-world action experience that will define a new generation of zombie-slaying mayhem.

July 16, 2013

Today, Ubisoft’s critically-acclaimed game “Assassin’s Creed II” is available as a free download* as part of Xbox Live’s “Games with Gold” line-up. Xbox Live Gold members worldwide can simply download the game directly from their Xbox 360 console, or get it from the Marketplace and it will automatically download to their Xbox next time they log on. The game normally sells for $19.99 and is available free for a limited time.

July 16, 2013

In the latest episode of “On the Whiteboard,” Editor Pamela Woon goes inside Microsoft’s top secret Reliability Lab, where our products undergo dozens of tests to help ensure what our customers receive is sturdy, strong and resilient. In the video above, the Surface tablet is one of the Reliability Lab’s latest victims.

July 15, 2013

Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates returned to the Redmond campus Monday, speaking to a packed house of academics at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit. His presence turned some of the world’s top university instructors into eager students who asked Gates about everything from online education to intellectual property to robotics.

July 15, 2013

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates spoke about problem-solving, teaching, and learning in a digital age during his keynote speech at today’s Microsoft Research Faculty Summit. Gates says thanks to technology, the world is doing a better job of getting problems and needs in front of those who can solve and meet them.

July 15, 2013

In his keynote speech at the 2013 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit today, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said we are in a “golden age of computer science” and that the progress we’ll make in the next five to ten years will be unbelievable.

July 15, 2013

Microsoft’s 14th annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit began today in Redmond. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was the event’s opening keynote speaker and talked in depth on a variety of topics related to how computing is used to help solve global problems.