Back in November at PDC, Ray Ozzie announced onstage that Microsoft would share more about the latest from Windows Live “in the Mix timeframe”.  Since then, we’ve been getting some peephole views of what’s to come, but when are we …

A few weeks ago Microsoft made quite a splash at TED, with talks by Blaise Aguera y Arcas on some amazing stuff to come for Bing Maps, Bill Gates on energy, and Dr. Gary Flake from Live Labs …

The news around Windows Phone 7 Series is really starting to heat up: today Sunshine pointed to a video coming from TechEd Middle East, where Eric Rudder showed a game played on a PC, then a Windows Phone, then on …

Gizmodo got their hands on some blurry pics of a rumored Microsoft “Pink” phone, the “Pure”, and some bits of information about Microsoft’s enigmatic new phones.

According to Gizmodo, who claim to have their hands on a copy of …

There are 12 developer sessions on Windows Phone 7 Series scheduled at Mix 10, but up until now all we had were placeholders.  Those sessions have now been revealed, however – nothing earth shattering but here’s the list (including 2 …

Farmville is big on Facebook, and it looks like Bing made hay with that info, running an ad on the ultra popular Zynga game, and adding some 400,000 new Facebook fans on Tuesday, according to Inside Facebook.  The …

It took a little while, but the Facebook app for Zune HD is now working and available for installation via the Zune software interface.  The app was actually released on Monday (after apparent testing by Softies and MVPs, judging by …

We’ve only got 2 weeks to go before Mix, when we’ll be hearing a LOT more about Windows Phone 7 Series and what it means for the mobile marketplace (and the Zune Marketplace).  Today, however, to go along with a …

Picturepan2 was digging around on MicrosoftTranslator.com and noticed a new URL, for www.microsofttranslator.com/m/, which takes a word or phrase and translates it on a mobile device.  We haven’t seen this before, although the Indic Language Input Tool beta has …

This week, Cryptome.org, a website that has taken to publishing “secret” guides for law enforcement agencies attempting to gain information held by internet companies such as Microsoft (with Hotmail, Live ID, etc.), Yahoo!, and others, was apparently served a DMCA …