Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce site, launched search Web site Etao.com to challenge the leading status of Baidu Inc. (BIDU) and Google Inc. (GOOG) in the Chinese market. The launch of the beta, or test, version of the Etao search site (Etao.com) last weekend comes as companies scramble for market share following Google Inc.'s decision to close its China search site March 22. [More]

Windows Phone 7 is launched worldwide now but Microsoft has not yet added India to the list of countries where the device will be shipped. Well, here is some good news for the Indian Windows Phone Lovers. According to pluggd.in, Microsoft will unveil the Windows Phone 7 in India at the UnPluggd event on 30th October. [More]

Bing has released the first official Bing for Mobile Android App available to Verizon Android customers and is available for FREE at Verizon Wireless Android phones’ Marketplace. [More]

Microsoft has sent out invitations on Thursday for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 Beta the latest (and best) iteration of its market-leading Web browser, on September 15 in San Francisco. The beta launch in September is expected to include the major features and other new features including the ones already included in the previews. We will see IE9 in full glory from September, for the first time after months of speculation surrounding what it will be all about. And the fact is that this browser will be nothing like any of its predecessors (even IE8). [More]

The UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 2.0 was released this week containing Microsoft’s user interface guidelines for developers when creating their apps for Windows Phone 7. It also details many of the built-in UI elements and features of WP7, and whether or not developers can interact with these elements and features within their applications. [More]

Microsoft's Apple iPad competitor is "coming soon," with Windows 7 on Intel - Steve Ballmer. Financial analysts' meeting on 29th July, Steve Ballmer made his clear statement yet on the company's vision for tablet computing. Microsoft has been in the tablet game for many years, but was never able to bring their product into the mainstream. Apple has done it in a matter of months. That is why Ballmer's comments during Microsoft's annual meeting with financial analysts are interesting and kind of fun to read. [More]

ZDNet's Mary Jo is reporting on a rumor of Microsoft Silverlight coming to the Apple iPhone. This is based on a WSJ report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may make an appearance at the upcoming Apple World Wide Developers Conference. The speculation centers around talk that Ballmer himself may introduce some kind of add-on for Visual Studio 2010 to support development of iPhone apps using Microsoft’s tool suite. [More]

The “biggest blockbuster game of the year” and the most eagerly awaited game of the year by publisher Microsoft Game Studios, the latest addition to the Halo universe, Halo: Reach, has been officially branded with a retail release date.
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Halo series game Halo: Reach will be released on September 14. Bungie Studios has developed this game exclusively for the Xbox 360 console. The software giant noted that more than 2.7 million users joined in for the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta program. This game would be available worldwide on September 14 while Japan based gamers will get it on September 15. [More]

Microsoft Corporation has launched its new operating system for mobile which is known as windows 7 series, is the successor of windows 6 operating system. This OS is based on windows CE 6 kernel having similar features like Zune HD. The company has showed its new concept in the mobile world conference that held in Barcelona and also they announced that first mobile to have windows 7 is going to ar [More]

Microsoft Corporation has launched its new operating system for mobile which is known as windows 7 series, is the successor of windows 6 operating system. This OS is based on windows CE 6 kernel having similar features like Zune HD. The company has showed its new concept in the mobile world conference that held in Barcelona and also they announced that first mobile to have windows 7 is going to arrive on this shopping season of this year 2010. This operating system will be entirely different from its previous versions, this will be having new user interface with touch screen input i.e. Finger based, also there will be social networking sites which will be integrated with this operating system. [More]