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12 years after the launch of Xbox, Microsoft finally decided to launch a new blog for Xbox. Prior to today, we had to rely on Major Nelson and third-party gaming news sites like IGN for getting Xbox related news.

The new site, named Xbox Wire (news.xbox,com) is being run by Lisa Gurry, Senior Director of Public Relations for Xbox.

Finally a good ad for Surface RT! No dancers, no loud music. Just Microsoft talking about why you should buy this tablet.

"It has the power of  a laptop with the portability of a tablet. It has a USB port and a click-in keyboard and the power to run Office."

Microsoft has completed its Hotmail to Outlook.com upgrade. There are now over 400 million active accounts. Outlook.com is getting two new features: SMTP send and improved SkyDrive integration.

• SMTP send allows Outlook.com accounts to send email directly through another email account's SMTP server.
• The improved SkyDrive integration now means Outlook.com users can compose emails and select SkyDrive photos and files directly from the cloud storage service.

Source: Outlook Blog

Monster Island, one of the most popular Windows 8 games available in the Store is now free for a limited period of time. The 2D casual game contains 225 levels in 4 different islands and 12 different heroes. The game also features Leaderboards and Achievements.

Check the app here, get it from Windows Store.

Game trailer: