The "Mango" upgrade to Windows Phone 7 is being pushed out through mobile carriers.
The new user interface is a clean break from the past.
Microsoft's next-generation database is expected in first half of 2012.
The fixes are part of an eight-release "Patch Tuesday" event next week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2011
Microsoft announced it is now distributing Windows Phone 7.5, code-named "Mango," worldwide to mobile service providers.
The imminent release marks the first major update of the Windows Phone 7 platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/22/2011
Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, has released findings that shows 44 percent of current smartphone users are considering buying a Windows Phone 7 device in the future.
Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander, corporate vice presidents of, respectively, Microsoft's Server and Tools Business and the Visual Studio Team, today headlined some significant developer focused improvements in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/14/2011
Metro-style apps, HTML 5, XAML and Visual Studio 11 are all in your future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/13/2011
Those in attendance at Microsoft's Build conference, currently going on in Anaheim, Calif., will be going home with one of 5,000 Windows 8 Tablets by Samsung.
The Windows 8 Developer Preview is now live.
At its Build development conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on its new operating system, code-named "Windows 8."
Microsoft has cleared perhaps the last hurdle in its race to release "Mango", the first major update for Windows Phone 7, by announcing it is now accepting app submissions.
The makeup of teams working on Windows 8 provides some clues to the OS's functions.
Developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/17/2011
Agile management tools are maturing as the market defines its needs.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/17/2011
The July release of Windows Phone 7 'Mango' enables device makers to start testing and working with the new operating system. Current smartphone customers can expect Mango updates to be made available in the fall.
Microsoft today announced the release of Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011, a self-service development tool for power users and developers that enables data-driven .NET applications that can be deployed to the desktop, Web or Azure cloud.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 07/26/2011
Microsoft this week released updates for both the current and upcoming versions of SQL Server.
HTML5-based version of Microsoft's free cloud storage service boasts new features and a more Windows-like interface.