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 ...

Microsoft officials today described how upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphones will perform within a network of Windows 7 PCs and Xbox gaming consoles through a new Windows Live cloud platform to make ...

[timecom-gdgt url=”http://gdgt.com/microsoft/windows/phone/7/” style=”full” float=”right”] Microsoft officially unveiled its initial lineup of Windows ...

Microsoft has announced the shipment of 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 units into retail channel inventories, leaving the question of how well its new platform is actually selling unanswered. Two months ...

The Back Story: The Finnish mobile giant put together a six-month buildup consisting of tradeshow appearances, special events, and clever marketing ads all of which led to the official launch of its ...

Nothing eases the transition from desktop to mobile quite like having easy access to your desktop Web browsing profile. Whether you’re using Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera ...

So I was looking at doing some development for WP7 and was shocked (shocked I tell ya) to discover that WP7 has only XML as a persistent storage system. Frankly this seems like a massive backwards ...

In December, Microsoft unexpectedly removed the last remaining method for activating Windows without an internet connection.