Microsoft is enabling developers to use familiar tools and skills to build Silverlight applications for the Windows Phone 7 Series.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/15/2010
Microsoft reported sales of 90 million copies of Windows 7 at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday.
- By Anne Watkins
- 03/02/2010
By many accounts, the Apple iPad has been a disappointment -- even Apple "fanboy" bloggers and tweeters have proclaimed themselves underwhelmed.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 03/01/2010
More than 172 million smartphones were sold in 2009, an increase of nearly 24 percent from 2008, but the number of devices based on Windows Mobile declined 8 percent.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/23/2010
Microsoft further explained its mobile strategy in a Webcast today aimed at investors.
- By Herb Torrens
- 02/22/2010
Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 Series raises questions for ISVs, partners, developers and enterprise customers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/16/2010
Microsoft has launched an ambitious new mobile platform that is a major departure from its existing Windows Mobile offering.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/15/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday warned of a "vulnerability" associated with two protocols commonly used to establish secure client-server communications.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/10/2010
Apple's new tablet PC was announced amid a roar of pre-release hype. What does it mean for .NET developers?
- By John K. Waters
- 02/04/2010
Microsoft is responding to complaints from some Windows 7 users about a message that suggests impending battery failure when using a laptop.
Spyrus Inc. plans to release a portable USB device marketed as "secure Windows on a stick."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/02/2010
Competition in the consumer mobile operating system space is starting to shift, according to a new report from IDC.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/26/2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed the company's position with respect to China and commented on the attacks on Google's network.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/22/2010
Microsoft has tacitly acknowledged that it will have something to say after all about its next-generation mobile platform, including a possible Windows Phone in March.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/20/2010
Ballmer's talk at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show consisted primarily of incremental announcements and positioning statements, but there were no major surprises.
Google on Tuesday launched the Nexus One, a touch-based smartphone that boasts many of the features of Apple's iPhone as well as some new features.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/06/2010
Google is reportedly considering offering its own mobile phone based on the Android operating system as early as next year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2009
Microsoft is planning to rev up the mobility market under its "Windows phone" brand.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/01/2009
Though smart phone sales grew by 12 percent over the past year, the share of new devices shipping with Windows Mobile have plunged, according to Gartner.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/17/2009
Next week's release of the Motorola Droid 2 by Verizon Wireless has many observers believing that the once written-off Android could actually outsell devices based on the Blackberry, Microsoft Windows Mobile and Palm Pre platforms.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/29/2009