Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...

When Windows Phone 7 devices arrive this holiday season, they will be diving into crowded U.S. consumer waters full of CrackBerry addicts and iPhone fans. But it's not as if Windows Mobile is a ...

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In a Monday blog post, Scott Barnes, a former Microsoft product manager for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, and now a user experience specialist with Melbourne, Australia-based ...

Microsoft promises to finally reveal full details of the Windows Phone 7 operating system, at its Mix conference this week, traditionally a venue for Microsoft’s Web developer community. There’s a lot ...

Windows Phone is long dead, after Microsoft prematurely killed the platform despite spending billions on acquiring Nokia's phone division. Despite this, a community ...

More specifically, Windows Phone 7 Series developers won't be able to move items around using copy-cut-and-paste from a clipboard, and the function won't appear in Microsoft's Office applications for ...

For many consumers, Windows Phone 7 will come with one major caveat it's made by Microsoft. The relative cool response to Windows Mobile beyond its base in enterprise will be a hurdle Microsoft will ...

Microsoft revealed this week at its Mix10 conference for Microsoft-oriented Web developers that its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile OS will not include a clipboard capability for copy-and-paste ...

With Mango, Windows Phone 7 gets Wi-Fi tethering so you can turn your phone into a hot spot and share its 3G or 4G connection with others. There are some caveats: This feature only works on new phones ...

Microsoft has announced a series of release dates for its Must-Have Games promotion on Windows Phone 7. Starting on May 25, the mobile platform will see Hydro Thunder GP, Doodle Jump, GeoDefence, ...