2011

Microsoft Surface 2 available for pre-order

Microsoft has today announced that its 2nd generation Microsoft Surface, SUR40, manufactured by Samsung is now available for people (although only really businesses) to order in select countries around the world. The SUR40 is available for pre-order in 23

Microsoft releases minor Windows Phone update to fix Exchange and voicemail bugs

Windows Phone 7740 UpdateSo the Windows Phone “Mango” update (Build 7720) was released not long ago to the public, and today reports are coming in that Microsoft is already rolling out a minor update to its Windows Phone OS, bumping the version number …

New Nokia Windows Phone accidently revealed in promotional video

Just as we reported that Nokia is planning to produce more higher-end phones in 2012, an official promotional video on Nokia’s YouTube channel (now removed) was spotted by MyNokiaBlog which showed a yet to be revealed Windows Phone device. …

Hotmail and Outlook: better together (with more changes to come?)

outlook-2010Yesterday, on the Inside Windows Live blog, Hotmail PM Dick Craddock posted on “10 Reasons to switch to Hotmail if you use Outlook”.  We’ll let you read the post for all the details, but here’s a quick summary:…

Windows 8 tablets coming to Nokia by June 2012, and more higher-end handsets in the making

Nokia TabletNokia and Microsoft’s relationship might get even closer in 2012, expanding beyond the collaboration with Windows Phone and Bing, but towards Windows 8-based tablets as well. According to French newspaper Les Echos (via WMPU), Paul Amsellem, head of Nokia …

Microsoft Flight: no release date, but another tease

After Microsoft Flight Simulator (and Aces Game Studio) was axed back in January 2009 as part of a cost cutting move, we’ve been getting occasional and fairly cryptic messages from something new from Games for Windows Live called “Microsoft Flight”, …

Digesting Ballmer: to place a period

This morning, we posted on a Business Insider report from the Microsoft Annual Meeting quoting Steve Ballmer in regards to Windows 8 and Windows Phone.  Apparently the BI report caused quite a flurry since then, as Microsoft PR scrambled to …

Steve Ballmer confirms that Windows 8 is coming to phones

At today’s Annual Meeting of shareholders, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer went through the usual spiel on how well the company is doing, despite the stock price (which of course is what shareholders are most interested in).  But then in …

Bing Australia drops beta tag, get new homepage video but still lacks features

Bing AustraliaWe reported back in May this year that Bing Australia (http://www.bing.com.au) is planned to come out of beta “soon”. Well it had been almost 6 months and today Microsoft finally decides to drop the beta tag for its …

Bing launches “Editors’ Picks”

As first reported by Microsoft News this weekend, Bing has launched a new service designed to enhance your experience on Bing, officially announced today as Editors’ Picks.  By compiling lists of editorially selected sites for certain topics, to …