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Yesterday Neowin had the chance to chat to IdentityMine which has developed several upcoming apps for Windows Phone 7 such as Twitter, Graphic.ly and IMDb. This interview is specifically about the IMDb and SBB Mobile...

In a surprise move, Microsoft UK’s head of Windows Phone marketing, Oded Ran, tweeted that Mac users will be able to sync Windows Phone 7 devices with a version of the Zune software for Macs....

Today­­ Microsoft has released a new version of the Zune PC Software bringing it up to version 4.7. The new software brings a few new features and most significantly adds support for the forthcoming Windows...

Microsoft has just launched their new Windows Phone portal which heavily features Windows Phone 7 and provides a load of content for prospective buyers and owners. This portal has actually launched earlier than many would...

Microsoft announced last month that it would be bringing its Zune entertainment distribution platform to several countries around the world in the coming months. It now appears that the service is very close to being...

Yesterday Robert Scoble, renowned tech enthusiast and blogger, tweeted that he had heard Bing will be announced as the default search engine on the new Firefox today. He later clarified the news to state that...

Facebook is due to hold a press event at its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, later today. Many blogs and tech sites have been trying to guess what Facebook may announce. However, it now appears, quite...

With Microsoft set to announce when Windows Phone 7 will be available on Monday, it seems that the company is no longer able to keep the leaks under control. Yesterday official press renders of the LG...

Today Microsoft announced that they will be opening their brand new Marketplace developer portal on October 11, 2010, for developers to submit their applications for approval. The new portal allows for a more streamlined application...

Microsoft has announced today that it is suing Motorola, citing that the mobile phone maker is infringing nine of Microsoft's patents on its Android devices. The patents referred to cover such things as email, calendar,...

Microsoft today has announced that its current music exploration and purchase service in the UK, MSN Music, will integrate with the Zune music ecosystem when it's rolled out to the UK next month. “MSN Music...

Microsoft said on Monday that it plans to introduce enhanced security features to Hotmail alongside the new Hotmail features revealed last week. Microsoft said that “Hotmail will be the first email service to … ensure that...

App Stores seem to be all the rage at the minute and it looks like Microsoft plans to bring a store to its next version of Office. Windows 8 Beta has discovered that on the...

Over the past few days there have been several pieces of HTC and Windows Phone 7 news. Yesterday it was widely reported that the HTC director responsible for North Africa and Middle Asia said to gulfnews...

It appears that Facebook have enabled users in the UK to use their Places service. This is the first full launch of the geo-location service in Europe after the feature launched in the United States...

After a long run of ups and downs, Project Canvas will be coming to the UK in early 2011 with a set-top box called YouView. Project Canvas is a joint venture by the UK’s major...

TechFlash is reporting that yesterday Microsoft announced how much money Halo: Reach made for the company in its first 24 hours on the market. The software giant said that the game made more than $200...

Yesterday it wasn't only the new Internet Explorer 9 that Microsoft announced but also five new Kinect games for the upcoming Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360. There had not been substantial talk of Microsoft...

Tomorrow sees the year’s most anticipated game released, Halo: Reach; it is naturally being accompanied by a very large marketing campaign. Halo: Reach is exclusive to the Xbox and, as with other Xbox 360 titles,...

Halo: Reach goes on sale around the world tomorrow and despite being the most anticipated game release of the year, Microsoft is making sure as many people as possible know about the game. Early this...

The keen eyes over at Liveside.net have spotted that Microsoft have a few tweaks and additions coming to the Windows Live websites’ header, as well as Web Messenger. Only a few weeks ago Microsoft released a...

It is being reported that the BBC have hired Mark Smith to be the corporation’s global iPlayer launch director. BBC director general, Mark Thompson, confirmed last month that the corporation will indeed be launching a...

PocketNow have released yet another video showing some of the features of Windows Phone 7. In the latest video Brandon Miniman shows how Windows Phone 7 devices will connect to the Zune PC software and...

Yesterday, the BBC announced that it had hired Daniel Danker, from Microsoft's video on demand division, to head up the BBC’s video on demand division. His official position is General Manager, Programmes & On-Demand. Daniel...

Hot on the heels of Microsoft starting to advertise Internet Explorer 9 there is now a leaked video (first picked up by Softpedia) of the browser demoing the user interface and speed. Despite looking like...

Microsoft UK has announced, via Twitter, a “special event” on October 5th in London for developers in which the company will talk about “Windows Azure, Windows 7 and the soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7 and IE9”....

Long Zheng has just spotted that Microsoft is already starting to advertise Internet Explorer 9 Beta ahead of its official launch next Wednesday. The banner advert was spotted on TechCrunch and it’s likely to be...

LG have issued a press release announcing that their new phone, the LG Optimus 7, will feature DLNA, the wireless transfer standard that allows devices to share content across a home network. This feature was...

WMPoweruser.com has just posted a new image of the Windows Live Phone service that will be a companion, cloud service for Windows Phone 7 when the devices are released. The image shows a few of...

Microsoft has just announced a Bing Mobile app for Verizon branded Android devices. The app looks very similar to the iOS Bing app which the company released a few months ago, however fits more in...

Today, in an email to Windows Phone 7 developers Microsoft has made known the categories and sub categories it plans to organise the Marketplace into. There will be 16 categories and 25 sub categories and...

Microsoft has just announced, through Major Nelson’s blog, that there will be an increase to the price of the Xbox Live Gold subscription in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico. The cost of...

Today two articles have been published by different, reputable websites regarding both Apple's future music distribution service efforts and how Google plans to enter the music distribution market. Apple is due to hold an event on...

Yesterday Microsoft Hardware announced a new range of mice, in keeping with Microsoft tradition, they have a long name, Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 Studio Series, but it would appear that they are being referred to...

Today Yahoo! and Bing have announced that the transition to Bing powering Yahoo! Search is now complete. When searching with Yahoo! in the United States or Canada (English) you will see a “powered by Bing”...

Microsoft has just announced, that after six months of their release, there have been 300,000 downloads of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. Microsoft has also announced that the full version of the developer tools will...

At Gamescom, a large conference held in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft today has announced a return for its very popular PC gaming franchise, Age of Empires. This new game is called Age of Empires Online and,...

Today Microsoft has announced that the date for Kinect, the hands free controller for the Xbox 360, will go on sale in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on November 10th. It has been known...

ARM announced today that they have signed a new licensing agreement with Microsoft. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two companies. Since 1997, Microsoft and ARM have worked together on software and devices across...

Today at the annual Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) in Atlanta, a showcase event for the company’s own employees and a few select people from outside of the company, Microsoft touted its new motto. Be What’s...