Pay Close Attention When Buying a Windows Phone. (Image via Slashgear )

First announced in the beginning of 2012, low-end smartphones with Windows Phone and 256MB of RAM seem to come with the advantage of price and the lack of restricted functionality.
Even during the launch of the first smartphones with 256MB of RAM, including the Nokia Lumia 610, Microsoft was mentioning the fact that 5% of applications from the online store will be compatible, but no one expected the surprise it has …

Microsoft keeps reiterating that you should already end your love affair with Windows XP.
So convinced is Microsoft that individuals as well as enterprise customers should shift to a newer Windows operating system – say Windows 7 – that the company sponsored a whitepaper to look into how much costlier it is to deploy Windows XP than Windows 7 in enterprise settings.
The point was made again by Microsoft in a blog post on its Windows for your Business Blog. The post titled Understanding the …

Google reveals that most of the requests for removal of links for copyright violations are those for Microsoft products (Image: DavidWees (CC) via Flickr)

A Google report reveals that most of the complaints about copyright infringements come from Microsoft. Even more than those from entertainment companies, who are mainly responsible for pushing piracy laws online like SOPA.
Google released this information last Thursday. All requests for removing content that violates copyright laws since …

Microsoft may have overdone making the boot time of the Windows 8 operating system faster as the company apparently has stumbled upon an unconventional problem: the Windows 8 OS boots too fast for users to interrupt it.
Microsoft has demoed since last year the blazing fast boot time of Windows 8.
Why is this phenomenally fast boot time a problem? There may be times when you want to interrupt the boot sequence to go to the advanced boot options menu where you can tell Windows 8 to start in Safe …

Even though Microsoft is expected to release the Windows 8 operating system this coming October, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is still bullish about its latest OS version, the Windows 7 OS.
According to Steve Ballmer, the CEO of the software giant, Microsoft is expecting 350 million machines installed with Windows 7 to be sold throughout 2012.
T the “It makes Windows the most popular single system,” Ballmer is quoted as saying during a speech at the Seoul Digital Forum in …

We know Windows 8 is important to Microsoft but not in the scale that its chief executive sees it.
According to the Agence France-Presse, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer described the –generation OS as the “rebirth” of the Windows platform.
The comments were made by Ballmer at the Seoul Digital Forum on Tuesday.
The senior Microsoft executive said that Windows 8 is the “deepest, broadest and most impactful” Windows operating system version made by the Redmond, …

Windows 8 – Without Start Menu and Aero Glass / Image via Microsoft

Microsoft continues to amaze through the changes made to the upcoming Windows 8 OS, but not necessarily in a pleasant way.
After we heard that Windows 8 will not have a Start Menu button, now we learn that Microsoft has decided to give up the famous Aero Glass interface too, a UI introduced at the same time with Windows Vista and highly appreciated for its special aesthetic appearance. Without any doubt, the Aero Glass …

Microsoft Wins Motorola Phones Ban in the US

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) found that several models of Motorola phones infringe a patent owned by Microsoft, so the import of such devices will not enter the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama, who has up to 60 days to block the decision through veto, has already issued the order. The decision does not explain exactly which the models are, but previously Microsoft called for banning the most popular models – ATRIX, Droid X, Droid 2, …

Microsoft is reminding everyone that in the near future, only devices updated to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and above will be able to use the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The notice was given by Microsoft through its Windows Phone blog in which Microsoft’s Mazhar Mohammed said in a post titled “Have you updated to Windows Phone 7.5?” that: “We’re now doing the final work needed to turn on this new requirement, so I thought it would be a good time for another friendly …

Microsoft is offering two new discounts for the Xbox 360 250GB which will be offered until May 26.
The first discount is for the Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Bundle. It takes down the price of the package to $349.99 from a previous $399.99 price.
As you may have guessed from the name, this package includes the Kinect controller which is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device in the history of mankind.
The second discount is for the Xbox 360 250GB which drops the price of the gaming console to …