I know that many of you have already read countless Windows Phone 7 OS reviews and probably could not care less for another one. To those people, I say: skip this post, then (but please don’t because I think you’ll find this review pithy and awesome!!). I recently bought the...

Here’s something to be thankful for. A few short days ago, Zunited reported about an Australian hacker who provided a huge step forward to jailbreaking the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Today Chris Walsh, together with Rafael Rivera and istartedsomething’s Long Zheng, has...

Thanks to Club who posted about the ad on Twitter. Well, at least we’re pretty sure that this ad is new but we can’t be certain. As soon as I saw it, I knew it needed to be posted; whomever is doing Microsoft’s advertising nowadays deserves a pat on the back, they’ve...

Thanks to WMPowerUser for finding this tweet. According to the Windows Phone Twitter account, who replied to user joeyjoyjoy, Windows Phone 7 devices will begin hitting Verizon stores as early as this year… while there’s still time left. Joeyjoyjoy asked the Windows Phone account...

Today, twenty five years ago, Microsoft released the first of many versions of Windows. Windows 1.0. Its project name was Interface Manager back when the “mission” began in 1981 and was then changed to Microsoft Windows when Bill Gates presented it to the public in New York in...

Sometime today, three new Zune HD apps were released along with another update to the Windows Live Messenger app. These new apps are Alarm Clock, Chord Finder, and Snowball. The Windows Live Messenger update is reported to add a landscape keyboard and auto-correct for it. This is the second...

Microsoft has yet again posted a new advertisement on their YouTube channel focusing on Windows 7 + Windows Live. The last one (found by Lohg Zheng’s istartedsomething) was actually posted on Vimeo (and worked on me, I downloaded the song.) This next one brings up a dark world where...

Since the debut of the Samsung Focus in the United States, consumers have been complaining about various problems with microSD memory cards and the phone. First, it was a hassle to have to hard reset the device if you wanted to add a memory card after having set up your phone, then some...

It seems like Microsoft is hitting a stride, some places more than others, with selling their latest devices offerings this holiday season. In a statement today, the software giant announced that they have sold one million Kinect devices in just 10 short days, when the hands-free remote for...

Engadget was just tipped off that HTC’s Windows Phone 7 device, the Trophy, will be debuting on the Verizon network in early 2011… well, at least for Microsoft employees. A leaked internal (graphical) memo of some kind for Microsoft employees only has found its way to the Internet....

Kinect, Microsoft’s new hands-free remote control and hopeful game-changer for Xbox 360 consoles, has a bill of materials (BOM) cost of about $56 according to the EETimes. Microsoft has began selling Kinect for $149.99 USD and as it stands makes about $94 off every device sold…...

In just a few short weeks since its release, it seems like the steps to jailbreaking Windows Phone 7 devices has begun. Chris Walsh, an Australian hacker, has found a way to run native and unmanaged code on the mobile operating system. Obviously, something Microsoft would not be too happy...

Found by our very own Sakai (or Mitchell from the podcast if you listen), it’s Microsoft’s latest Windows-centered commercial. The commercial is a stop-motion video pairing a Windows PC and a MacBook on an airplane, both bored with nothing to do. Suddenly, the Windows PC pops in a...

Thanks to NJ Crime on the boards for finding this Engadget story. It seems that Black Friday came a little early this time of year–or would that be Cyber Monday?–as Amazon is selling all of their AT&T phones at a grand discount. They’re not free but they might as well be...

In an email exchange with ZDNet Tuesday morning, Microsoft stated yet again (and firmly) that all Windows Phone 7 devices will be eligible for Windows Phone OS updates going forward. It’s one of the biggest debates currently going on with Google and their Android consumers; as it stands,...

Hector Martin, a self-proclaimed hacker though we do think this gives him much gravitas, has released an open sourced driver for Microsoft’s Kinect only three hours after the European launch. In the video he claims that it’s “completely autonomous, running under...

According to The Street and “a market research source who tracks phone sales,” Microsoft sold roughly 40,000 Windows Phone 7 devices on Monday in the United States. The phones also debuted in Canada but it’s unclear if The Street was including that in their statement. In...

Today is the day that Microsoft finalizes its worldwide release of Windows Phone 7, last stop: the United States of America. Here’s a friendly reminder of exactly what phones are available and on what carriers. AT&T has debuted Windows Phone 7 with two devices: the Samsung Focus and...

Steve Ballmer, the current CEO of Microsoft, has sold $1.3 billion worth of shares in the software giant company. This marks the first time he’s sold company stock in nearly seven years, said Microsoft. In three days–November 3rd, 4th, and 5th–Ballmer sold over 49 million...

Just like Microsoft has once done with Xbox consoles, it seems the software giant will have no trouble permanently banning Windows Phone 7 devices if the consumer decides to “hack” their account for any reasons that go against Microsoft’s terms of service. The guys over at WP...

Perhaps that title was a little too sensational, but this was bound to happen… right? The same thing was applicable to Nintendo Wii’s users when its console first went retail and consumers began motioning in front of the television. Now it rings true for Microsoft’s Kinect...

Welcome to the Social. Or at least the somewhat Social. It’s the slogan Microsoft has ingrained in our brains whenever it comes to Zune and anything related to it–so much so they released an actual social network around the idea. The execution behind that network can sometimes...

That is right, the latest Xbox 360 update adds new security measures to prevent the system from being hacked along with its games. The new update added a new protection technology that locks out the backup feature for for Xbox Live games; it also stops copied games from even loading. When a...

Just when you thought the free stuff ended at our Guide to Semi-Free Stuff This November (which I encourage you to check out) Microsoft just keeps on giving. In a press release today, the company announced that LG Windows Phone 7 buyers will be getting 10 free applications for their respective...

Microsoft predicts it will sell 5 million Kinects by year’s end, the company confirmed to CNET earlier today. That’s 2 million more than their previous expectation, which was 3 million. “The demand for Kinect for Xbox 360 is exceeding expectations,” a Microsoft...

No one likes paying for stuff. Sure, it’s the right thing to do an all but when you can get merchandise for free–now that’s what we call right. Think to what you’ve gotten free so far this month. A piece of gum, a high-five maybe? (Well one thing’s for sure, you...

We talk Zune HD being “liberated,” Dell thinking making phones for Windows Phone is easier than Android, Microsft kind of allowing multitasking… kind of, how there’s too many people on LIVE, and Microsoft buying a 3D chipmaker of sorts for perhaps Kinect? Episode #:...

We may be a little late to this party but it’s still something worth watching. In just a few short days, Windows Phone will debut in the US causing all developers to race towards making the number one app in the Marketplace. The app… to die for. That’s exactly what the...

The Xbox LIVE Fall update has been in private BETA for quite some time now. The program has been the envy of all those that haven’t been able to make it in it. Now, the update will be available to download for all who are willing–and even those who aren’t, as the update is...

Microsoft Thursday reported the financial results of this first quarter in the fiscal year which ended September 30th. In the first quarter, Microsoft received a revenue of $16.20 billion which makes it their best first quarter ever… or their best any-quarter ever, which was seemingly...

We’re a little late. Sorry about that. But we make it up to you in this episode, I promise! We talk about the new Annual Zune Pass at a 10 months price, lower Zune HD prices, a CDMA Windows Phone 7 FCC approval, and if Microsoft’s Kinect will flop. Plus, Jon has much to rant...

Android isn’t the only one with good news today–the mobile operating system hit 100,000 apps in its Marketplace earlier today–because Microsoft also has something to celebrate: the Windows Phone Applications Marketplace has reached a major milestone. One thousand...

Just a week after it was announced that some Zune client software for Windows Phone 7 will be available for Mac OS X computers, that client is now available for download. According to the description on the download page the software allows you to “Sync music, photos, videos and podcasts...

Microsoft’s Kinect, once known as Project Natal, was definitely no small-budgeted project. According to The New York Times, the software company spent “hundreds of millions of dollars” on development for Project Natal with a team of about 1,000 people. Even with the initial...

One year ago today, Windows 7 went retail. And like any overzealous and proud parent, Microsoft is making us aware of the operating system’s accomplishments. Starting with the very shocking 240 million licenses sold statistic. According to the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft’s...