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Microsoft may launch apps store for Windows Mobile

News Earlier this year, Microsoft released version 6.1 of the Windows Mobile operating system. It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile 'apps store' market. Responsibility for the business model and key elements that will...

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1 September 2008, 10:56

Windows to be replaced by Midori?

News Microsoft Windows' future appears to lie in 'the cloud', with details emerging about a possible new Web-based operating system from Redmond, called 'Midori'. Microsoft is refusing to comment on the new OS, saying Midori is one of many incubation...

Tags: os, hardware, cloud, research

6 August 2008, 8:47

News.blog: Microsoft quiet before iPhone 3G day

News I asked Horn if he thought it was important to have a Microsoft version of the App Store right on Windows Mobile devices. On the browsing front, Microsoft has pledged to improve things somewhat, bringing Internet Explorer 6 capability to Windows...

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11 July 2008, 9:01

News.blog: WWDC set to be big for Apple

News Microsoft recently said it wants to get the next version of Windows out by the end of 2009. Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference -- and we think there might be a new iPhone, too.

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6 June 2008, 9:35

BlackBerry integrates Windows Live

News Windows Live Messenger, following the announcement of an agreement between RIM and Microsoft. The BlackBerry platform is respected around the world for providing optimised messaging capabilities and RIM continues to look for ways to provide...

Tags: platform, services, messaging, messages

13 May 2008, 8:59

Gates: Windows 7 ready 'in the next year or so'

News Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday that he expects the latest Windows operating system, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so". Microsoft has said it expects to release a new version of Windows...

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7 April 2008, 9:17

Photos: US mobiles show off at CTIA

News With Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft is tackling some of the chronic complaints users have about the software. Microsoft answered many users' prayers by announcing an update to its Windows Several hardware makers have already said they'll offer the...

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3 April 2008, 10:06

News.blog: Windows Mobile update due on 1 April

News Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off the latest version of Windows Mobile, according to a report out on Tuesday. Pocket Lint is claiming that Microsoft will release Windows Mobile 6.1 next

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26 March 2008, 9:21

Window Mobile fit with Flash

News Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader LE software for its Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft's licensing of the Flash Lite plug-in means that Windows Mobile phones will soon support both Adobe's software and Microsoft's own rival...

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18 March 2008, 9:22

Asus to ship most Eee PCs with XP

News The 701 will shortly be available with Windows as an option, and the next model -- the more highly specified 900 -- will also come with both options, with the Windows version likely to cost slightly more, due to Microsoft's commercial licence.

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14 March 2008, 9:27

News.blog: Microsoft tries Silverlight flash alternative

News A version of Silverlight for Windows Mobile will be available later this year, said John Case, a general manager in Microsoft's developer division. Microsoft chose to work with Nokia because it has the largest market share of mobile phones, but it...

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4 March 2008, 8:58

News.blog: ARM demos Google Android handset

News Microsoft's Windows For the most part, the welcome" screen on the Android prototype looked no different to me from that of a Windows Mobile phone or many other feature phones I've seen. Prototypes of the first mobile handsets using

Tags: mobile phone, handset, linux, platform

12 February 2008, 9:24

Photos: Lego celebrates 50 years

News Lego brought its Mindstorms NXT programmable robots to Microsoft for a visit in 2006. This Mindstorms NXT project can be controlled wirelessly by receiving instructions on the Windows Mobile phone attached to it.

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29 January 2008, 8:52

Bill Gates bids farewell to CES

News Gates, who is shifting to part-time work at Microsoft later this year, also used the speech to note that his software company has now shipped 100 million copies of Windows Vista. Microsoft has a new concept application for its Surface computer that...

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7 January 2008, 5:37

Microsoft extends XP sales

News Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to keep Windows XP around a little longer. However, they have successfully lobbied Microsoft to allow them to continue selling PCs with all flavours of Windows XP preloaded...

28 September 2007, 9:12