It rained, it snowed, but hey it’s Friday! Grab some beers and snack on some links.

Now you can exchange bitcoins to buy apps, games, and more at Microsoft

It’s a post Ballmer world and Microsoft is making big moves. Starting immediately, you can use Bitcoin to fund your Microsoft account to buy apps and Xbox content. Get the details >

Async – Cooperative Multitasking for Hack

Evaluating Facebook’s new Hack programming language? Well check out how it supports cooperative multitasking. Hint: It’s pretty sweet. Read more >

Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

Have a shiny new Keurig 2.0 but don’t want to pay for the premium K-cups? Well KeurigHack has you covered. Get some scotch tape and drink those cups. Details here

Obama Becomes First President to Write a Computer Program

In support of CS education and the “Hour of code” project, President Obama wrote some Javascript. Rumor has it a fist bump was also involved. Read the story >