Microsoft announced today that its Windows Phone Marketplace is opening up in five new countries. Those countries include Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines. Users in these regions will have to make sure their devices are updated to Windows Phone 7.5 in order to access the Marketplace. The Marketplace may take a few hours [...]

Telstra has (quietly) launched a new Windows Phone 7 handset on its NextG network, the Samsung Omnia W. Samsung Omnia W debuts in Australia (Credit: Telstra) The Omnia W – a reasonably powerful smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 – is the first Windows Phone 7 device to debut in Australia this year on the carrier. As first spotted by WP Down Under [and via Delimiter], it features a ...

Microsoft Flight takes to the virtual skies on Leap Day.

There isn't a great deal of demand for Windows 8 at the moment, but then, this early in the cycle, new versions of Windows rarely garner much enthusiasm.

Computerworld - In an 8,600-word epistle yesterday, Microsoft's top Windows executive pulled aside the curtain on the first version of the company's iconic OS that targets tablets.

In an 8,600-word epistle, Microsoft's top Windows executive pulled aside the curtain on the first version of the company's iconic OS that targets tablets. We dig into the details for you. read more

For the past two decades, Microsoft Windows users have relied on the highly recognizable start button to find all their programs and documents. When Windows 8 launches, maybe by the end of 2012, Microsoft will kill the start button.

HUA HIN, Thailand - Microsoft is planning a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona at the end of this month during which the beta version of the operating system is likely to be released and the date for the final edition, later this year, should be announced.

The Windows XP End of Support deadline is drawing dangerously closer and small, medium and large enterprises alike are still facing considerable problems in migrating to a new desktop operating system. That is why Juriba is thrilled to unveil the selective free public beta of Juriba's cloud based Windows 7 migration & desktop virtualisation migration project management tool. ...

The next version of Office has been released as a technical preview, but the actual beta is slated to debut late summer, according to Microsoft.