Microsoft and Nokia are sending out invitations for an event on September 5.
While details about the invites are still unclear, The Verge reproduced the essential parts of the missive, but it is safe to assume that it may be about Windows Phone 8 on upcoming Nokia Lumia handsets.
The hype around the event depends on consumers and their eagerness to get features not found in Android OS and

Microsoft has revamped its SkyDrive file hosting service to match its rebranded Hotmail webmail service, Outlook.com.
The software giant’s cloud storage service competes directly with Dropbox and Google Drive. However, it has yet to gain traction on the mobile market, especially without an app to extend support among Android device owners.
Now Microsoft has redesigned SkyDrive not only visually, but taking desktop apps out of preview and introduced an Android version for

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has voiced its support for Microsoft as other partner original equipment manufacturers have signified their dislike for Redmond making its own tablet.
In a recent interview, a high ranking HP official has said that Microsoft was essentially showing what can be done in the tablet market so that partner OEMs follow their lead.
He added that HP’s relationship with Microsoft was in no way changed because of the Surface tablets the software giant

Apple has closed an “anti-cloning” patent licensing agreement with rival Microsoft to forbid the software giant from making imitations of iPhone and iPad devices.
Patent licensing director Boris Teksler was at the high-profile patent infringement court case between Apple and Samsung to reveal that Microsoft has licensed iPhone and iPad patents from Apple.
He told the jury that terms of the licensing deal involved an “anti-cloning agreement” that prohibited Microsoft from …

In what could be another massively game-changing move from Redmond, a rumor suggests that Microsoft could price the Microsoft Surface For Windows RT at just $199.
At that price point, it would be priced exactly like the recently-launched Google Nexus 7 and the 1-year-old Amazon Kindle Fire.
Microsoft will also likely take a loss upfront with the Microsoft Surface For Windows RT if it will be sold at just $199 during its

After doing a 180 and telling developers to stop branding apps for Windows 8 as “Metro-style”, Microsoft is now reported to be favoring using “Modern UI Style”.
The whole ruckus started when Microsoft last week stopped using “Metro”, a name it has used since it announced development of the Window 8 operating system, because of a possible trademark

The Microsoft Surface has not yet gone out of the doors of Redmond but the software giant is now reportedly recruiting an extensive team to build the Microsoft Surface 2.
The news comes as Microsoft has posted more than a dozen Microsoft Surface 2 job notices on its Microsoft Careers site.
All of these postings provide a look into the kinds of people Microsoft wants to build its next Surface tablets with, their qualifications and the type of device the software giant is aiming …

Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows XP are practically tied in their battle to be the top operating systems, new data from Net Applications reveal.
According to the July data of the research firm, Windows XP tallied a 42.86 percent market share based on all traffic the firm has monitored while Windows 7 accounted for 42.21

Samsung and Android continue to dominate Apple and iOS in the US phone market according to new data from comScore for the second quarter of the year.
In the recent comScore MobiLens report about key trends in the US mobile phone industry, there are now over 110 million Americans who own smartphones and most of those are using the Android mobile operating system backed by

Microsoft has introduced the new replacement for its Hotmail email service: Outlook.com.
The new email website is a complete turnaround for the long-existing Hotmail.com that well-utilizes the Metro UI. Microsoft is inviting users to shift from their current @hotmail.com email addresses to @outlook.com addresses.
The good thing about this new webmail service is that the user interface found in the homepage has been well-designed in a way that aspects are neat, not congested, and properly …