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Microsoft Offers Official Wallpapers for Windows Phone

Microsoft today is touting a collection of “official” wallpaper images for Windows Phone that users can apply to their handset’s lock screen. As you might expect, the images are ... more

Microsoft Experiments with Social

This week, Microsoft introduced a social network of its own, the awkwardly named So.cl (and, yes, it’s pronounced as “social”). But rather than being a full-fledged competitor to ... more

Microsoft Provides More Details About the Visual Studio 11 Product Lineup

In a new post to the Visual Studio Blog, Microsoft has detailed more information about the Visual Studio 11 product editions and which platforms the new developer suite will ... more

Charles Petzold’s Windows 8 Programming Book Arrives: Get It While It’s Cheap!

Three weeks back, I wrote about the pending release of programming legend Charles Petzold’s most recent book, the 6th edition of the classic Programming Windows. Well, that day ... more

Microsoft Touts New Parental Control Features in Windows 8

Few people are aware of the excellent parental control capabilities in Windows, which started in Vista and got a lot better in Windows 7. With Windows 8, Microsoft is raising the ... more

Windows 8 Pro PC Upgrade Cost is Just $15

A coming Microsoft promotion will provide Windows 8 Pro to buyers of Windows 7-based PCs for just $14.99, according to my sources. The promotion begins June 2, and was first ... more

Microsoft Overhauls Bing

A week ago, Microsoft quietly changed how Bing search results look and work, but this week the company is making a much bigger change: Bing will soon provide a completely new user ... more

Nokia Talks Up Coming Windows Phone Apps and Games

In a curiously-worded press release, Nokia today divulged a number of upcoming Windows Phone apps and games, only some of which are exclusive to its Lumia lineup of Windows Phone ... more

Eww, You Got Your SkyDrive on My iCloud

Cloud services: It seems like everyone’s doing them these days. But the question is, which cloud service should you pick? But Microsoft is offering up a unique idea: Why pick just ... more

$99 Xbox 360 and Kinect Bundle is Not a Good Deal

Microsoft’s handful of retail stores are now offering an exclusive deal to purchase a 4 GB Xbox 360 video game console and Kinect motion sensor add-on for just $99. Which sounds ... more

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