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Windows Phone 7 Ready for Release

Windows Phone 7 Ready for Release

Microsoft has completed the development of its forthcoming Windows Phone 7. The mobile OS has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced today.

All that remains now is for networks and manufacturers to work on the…

Ben Parr September 1, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Bing for Android Has Arrived… for Verizon Only

Bing for Android Has Arrived… for Verizon Only

Bing has made its debut on Android, but you can only download the app if you’re a Verizon customer.

The new app doesn’t skimp on bringing the full BingBing experience to AndroidAndroid. Not only can users search the…

Ben Parr August 30, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Morning Brief: Gmail Voice Calling, Google Finance Mobile, Windows 7 Live Gaming

Morning Brief: Gmail Voice Calling, Google Finance Mobile, Windows 7 Live Gaming

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Lauren Indvik August 25, 2010 Lauren Indvik View Comments

Bing Now Powers Yahoo Search

Bing Now Powers Yahoo Search

It’s official: Yahoo search is now powered by Microsoft’s Bing, the end result of a deal signed a little over one year ago by the two companies.

Adam Ostrow August 24, 2010 Adam Ostrow View Comments

Xbox Live Comes to Windows Phone 7: Here’s the Games Lineup

Xbox Live Comes to Windows Phone 7: Here’s the Games Lineup

An e-mail from Microsoft tonight tells us that Windows Phone 7 will be launching with a whole roster of Xbox Live games to push the envelope of mobile gaming.

A grand total of 63 games have been announced today, and…

Jolie O'Dell August 17, 2010 Jolie O'Dell View Comments

Internet Explorer 9 Beta Launches on September 15

Internet Explorer 9 Beta Launches on September 15

Microsoft will be launching the completely revamped Internet Explorer 9 at an event in San Francisco on September 15, but will it be enough to turn the tide in the war for web browser supremacy?

The September event will mark…

Ben Parr August 12, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

Madden NFL 11, the newest edition in the prestigious and chart-topping series of football video games, just launched today for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, iPhone and iPad. As with the…

Samuel Axon August 10, 2010 Samuel Axon View Comments

Calculate Taxi Cab Fares With Bing Maps

Calculate Taxi Cab Fares With Bing Maps

Thanks to a new app, Bing Maps now calculates the cab fare on a route between two points.

The Taxi Fare Calculator was developed by Ricky Brundritt as a submission to the King of Bing Maps competition.

The app…

Samuel Axon August 2, 2010 Samuel Axon View Comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Arrives in October, Gets a Price

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Arrives in October, Gets a Price

Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited Office for Mac 2011 will hit U.S. store shelves at the end of October with three versions in 13 languages.

The Mac version of the popular productivity software will make its debut in…

Ben Parr August 2, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

PC Defeats Mac in Reader Vote

PC Defeats Mac in Reader Vote

One of the most visible battles in all of technology is Mac vs. PC. Earlier in the week, we asked you, the Mashable readers, to weigh in.

Our Web Faceoff this week focused around the device you’re probably…

Ben Parr August 1, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Internet Explorer Gains Market Share at the Expense of Firefox

Internet Explorer Gains Market Share at the Expense of Firefox

Microsoft Internet Explorer continues to make a comeback, gaining market share for the third month in a row, mostly to the detriment of Mozilla Firefox.

According to new statistics from Net Applications, Internet ExplorerInternet Explorer increased…

Ben Parr August 1, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Ballmer on Tablets: We’re Coming Full Guns

Ballmer on Tablets: We’re Coming Full Guns

Apple has sold over 3.3 million iPads so far, but Microsoft is still waiting for those Windows-based tablets to start capturing the hearts and minds of users. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, however, is confident the company has a bright…

Stan Schroeder July 30, 2010 Stan Schroeder View Comments

Microsoft Has a New Take on Street-Level Maps [VIDEO]

Microsoft Has a New Take on Street-Level Maps [VIDEO]

Microsoft is working on a new technology, dubbed Street Slide, aimed at reshaping the street-level mapping space currently dominated by Google Street View and Microsoft’s Bing Streetside.

The company plans to present the technology at SIGGRAPH…

Christina Warren July 28, 2010 Christina Warren View Comments

HP Turns Its Back on Windows Phone 7

HP Turns Its Back on Windows Phone 7

HP has confirmed that it will not be making phones with Microsoft Windows Phone 7, but will instead develop handsets exclusively with webOS, the mobile OS it acquired when it bought Palm earlier this year.

In an interview

Ben Parr July 23, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Microsoft Sells 175 Million Copies of Windows 7 in Nine Months

Microsoft Sells 175 Million Copies of Windows 7 in Nine Months

Microsoft wiped away any doubts about its fiscal outlook with a record-breaking Q4 earnings report, primarily driven by sales of Windows 7 and Office 2010. In fact, Microsoft is reporting that more than 175 million copies of Windows 7…

Ben Parr July 22, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Windows 7 and Office 2010 Drive Microsoft to Record Revenues

Windows 7 and Office 2010 Drive Microsoft to Record Revenues

Microsoft Corp. has released its fourth quarter financial report, revealing that the company has broken quarterly and yearly revenue records, thanks in no small part to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

In the most recent quarter,

Ben Parr July 22, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

We had nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes. We’ve had thousands of independent software vendors and early adopters testing our software and giving us great feedback. We are ready.

Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released

other languages [to] come in the weeks and months ahead

This is the first ever DVR remote with a full QWERTY keyboard, and we are certain that users will be excited to get their thumbs on it. The slick design has the same fun look of the classic TiVo remote, but makes it even easier to get more from your TV experience

By itself this technology is incredible ... Right now it's at an infancy stage. But the virtual browser could be a big asset to the novice.

It will protect you from anything e-mail-borne that's malicious or unwanted

The cybercriminals know that many consumers are not aware that using out-of-date browser plug-ins can make them vulnerable to attacks

We can help identify malicious programs that are hooked into your operating system that you may have picked up over time

In 2009 we ran a number of beta tests that showed people love scanning pretty much everything, even their groceries ... But we realized there were huge gaps in product information, so we developed our own crawling, scraping and search technology for barcodes, focusing on groceries in particular.

This many patches can increase network bandwidth, increase the time for the system to run each patch and require reboots

This will be a disruptive Patch Tuesday given the broad range of products impacted and the required restarts

These vulnerabilities could be exploited to booby trap Web sites, Office and media files to gain control over vulnerable computers simply by tricking victims into opening a malicious file or clicking a malicious link

Without these people, there is no way that my team of two could sit and dream up the kinds of innovative things that they do each year ... It also builds this momentum for giving that has all sorts of spillover and impact throughout the year.

Before the program, I did a lot of one-time projects for various non-profits ... Now I focus my efforts to make more impact on one specific area.

The loaned executives acquire public-speaking and leadership skills that they can take back to their jobs. It gives companies a vehicle to help educate other employees on the importance of philanthropy ... And we get the opportunity to tap into those corporate resources that would be too expensive for us to access on our own.

For us, it's about taking our strengths and talent — our core businesses and human capital — and creating unique and special opportunities for our employees to make an impact

More than 90% of companies offer some type of formal volunteer employee program

It's good for morale and promotes that work/life balance ... Volunteers return as better employees with a more enhanced skill set. And it's good for recruiting, as more younger employees expect that companies will give them time off for this kind of work.

We could not exist without this support.

We've raised $4 million in in-kind support these past three years

I was so sick of being sick. The whole family desperately needed a vacation ... But with no money to go far, we never would have dreamed of taking this kind of trip.

Would your family be interested in taking a break from cancer?

The whole economy has to burrow itself back up before a lot of corporations are going to have the money to invest as they did prior to the recession

Everybody on this list has a really different list of interests

Maybe this news can bridge what has been a big disconnect

Nothing like this has happened before

We hope this movement will lead to more, and smarter, philanthropy

I've always thought your kids get more benefit out of your philanthropy than your will

That's what's wonderful about private philanthropy.

Everybody has their own interests

We're off to a terrific start

“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

“Madden NFL 11″ Launches on Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad

Microsoft Corp. has released its fourth quarter financial report, revealing that the company has broken quarterly and yearly revenue records, thanks in no small part to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

In the most recent quarter,

Ben Parr August 10, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

On iPhone 4 Day, Microsoft Opens Store Next to One of Apple’s [PICS & VIDEO]

On iPhone 4 Day, Microsoft Opens Store Next to One of Apple’s [PICS & VIDEO]

Microsoft Corp. has released its fourth quarter financial report, revealing that the company has broken quarterly and yearly revenue records, thanks in no small part to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

In the most recent quarter,

Ben Parr June 24, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments

Cirque du Soleil Helps Unveil Kinect for Xbox 360 [PICS]

Cirque du Soleil Helps Unveil Kinect for Xbox 360 [PICS]

Microsoft Corp. has released its fourth quarter financial report, revealing that the company has broken quarterly and yearly revenue records, thanks in no small part to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

In the most recent quarter,

Ben Parr June 16, 2010 Ben Parr View Comments