The exact nature of the role has not been specified, but was described by Ballmer as “a time-critical opportunity focused on driving maximum impact in 2012 with Windows Phone and Windows 8″.
Microsoft’s chief executive Steve Ballmer has announced a management reshuffle, which will see Andy Lees.
Who has been president of the Windows mobile division since [...]

Blue Rooster a SharePoint consulting firm based in Seattle, is the latest firm to offer a bundle of enhancements to SharePoint’s basic social media components.
This is a market niche where NewsGator is the best known solution that runs directly atop SharePoint, although practically every corporate socialnetworking platform provides some sort of integration with the ubiquitous [...]

Mr. Chen Yue said the Windows Phone handset will launch in China in the second half of 2012. No pricing was available.
Computer and electronics giant Lenovo is looking to broaden its stable of smartphones to include a Windows Phone handset next year.
The news was presented by Lenovo product manager Chen Yue at a press conference [...]

Microsoft actually went to some lengths in Windows 7 to correct this soft spot of theirs, and it’s true that the installation process is simpler and better.
Seeing how well this was received, and also noting a number of market trends worth integrating, they are now taking the improvements a step further with Windows 8.
3A one [...]

Microsoft Corp. is encouraging artistic creativity through the launch of an international art project called “The Art of Touch,” at http://www.artoftouch.com.
Inspired by the Microsoft family of Touch mice consisting of the Microsoft Touch Mouse, Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse and Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse.
These three unique mice raise the bar on innovation and customer experience.
Visitors to the [...]

Nokia’s new Lumia 800 model finally goes on sale, and the first time the Finnish giant will really be able to gauge what consumers really think of their first credible offering in a number of years.
The Lumia 800 features a premium polycarbonate uni-body design, a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512 MB of RAM, a [...]

At the Microsoft 2011 Partners in Learning Global Forum, the Microsoft Corp.
Announced new and continuing collaborations with the U.S. Department of Education, the British Council and the Smithsonian Institution to engage educators from their initial desire to enter the profession to successfully inspiring students in their classrooms.
Microsoft believes that well-prepared educators can help today’s youth overcome [...]

Microsoft designed Windows Phone around one simple concept: People belong at the center of the phone experience.
Consumers today can experience new Windows Phone 7.5, formerly code-named “Mango,” with a selection of sleek and stylish smartphones from HTC Corp. and Samsung, starting at just $49.99.
Now available at AT&T, the, Samsung Focus™ S and Samsung Focus Flash [...]

Office 365 Integration Module Beta for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is currently available for download on Microsoft Connect, revealed David Fabritius, senior product manager from Windows Server and Cloud Marketing.
The module is designed to bridge the software giant’s Cloud productivity offerings with its small business server infrastructure product.
The joint technologies provide businesses with [...]

Microsoft has announced that with the rollout of the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango upgrade to the LG Optimus 7 smartphone for Telefonica in Spain and the Samsung Omnia 7 on Deutsche Telekom,
Iit has now delivered the upgrade to 100 percent of eligible devices.
Microsoft started rolling out the upgrade exactly one month ago.
On September 27. Windows [...]