Microsoft

Download IE9 RC, Tips & tricks – First Impressions

by Muzzammil Waheed February 11, 2011

Long awaited RC release of IE9 is available for download finally, I just installed it and it is looking great. The performance is improved, its stable and design is sleek. All the issues of IE9 beta and IE8 have been resolved and now I’ll stick to IE9 and not switch to Chrome because I feel Chrome makes my PC slow.

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IE9 RC is fast, standards-compliant, has clean & modern design

by Muzzammil Waheed February 10, 2011

Well previously we covered that IE9 RC might be landing on 28th Jan, but now Microsoft is officially unveiling the release candidate for IE9 today, and it is even looking good. It is a solid, polished package, with a modern browser look & feel which is original and innovative. The RC has features which are original and brings in great value.

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Wp7 Developers happy to get paid, wish for more sales!

by Muzzammil Waheed January 28, 2011

Microsoft is finally paying the developers who wrote applications and games for its newly launched mobile operating system ( windows phone 7 ) Marketplace after three months of launch, so far the developers are happy, willing to go forward and stick with WP7 platform.

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IE9 release candidate landing on 28th January!! Looking Good?

by Muzzammil Waheed January 25, 2011

Well well, its been some time since we saw IE9 related news, but it seems like the beta IE9 will soon be entering release phase. The Russian website winreview.ru has gotten hold of a more recent build of IE9 which looks promising and IE9 build is expected to land as the public Release Candidate later this week on the 28th of January.

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Sony Ericsson launching WP7 SmartPhones? Good news Asia & middle east!

by Muzzammil Waheed January 25, 2011

There are rumors that Sony Ericsson is going to release WP7 ( Windows Phone 7 ) Smartphones, now the dates of release and specifications are yet unknown.

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Missing features,wish list of WP7 – Microsoft we want these!!!

by Muzzammil Waheed January 17, 2011

Let me say this I have Windows Phone 7 ( WP7 ) based HTC HD7 and I love it, I’ve been using it for about a month now and there are few complains which I have. Having said that, I would really like Microsoft to heed attention to the following missing features and wish list items and give us an update which covers these. We know that Microsoft has announced features of upcoming update but I think my listed features are not part of it.

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How to Install WP7 on HTC HD2 and compare it with HTC HD7

by Sarah January 14, 2011

News of WP7 ( windows phone 7) being available for HTC HD2 are circling the blogosphere and HD2 owners can really rejoice, although the release is still not very optimized but it looks promising. Guys at HDblog have shared a video of installation process and performance comparison of WP7 running on both HTC HD2 and HTC HD

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How to Customize Color scheme and theme of WP7

by Sarah January 13, 2011

So far, WP7 does not allow users to specify their own custom colors when it comes to Windows Phone 7 (WP7) interface and tiles( themes) . but thanks to XDA developer community there is a way to do this, in case you hated the stock colors. This feature is intended to be part of next major update from Microsoft but till then you can give it a spin on your developer unlocked device.

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Stream video and music to WP7 Phone from new Windows Home Server

by brainylisa January 13, 2011

Awesome news!!! New version of Windows Home Server ( WHS ) dubbed “VAIL” will be able to stream video, media and music to your Windows Phone 7 ( WP7 ) SmartPhones using a add-in. This upcoming WHS OS was unveiled at CES 2011 by Microsoft which is really interesting and packs lot of features. This Add-in creates a new feature just like Zune Media explorer in your phone after configuring the account, and you can browse through your entire movie, video and music gallery and stream is on your phone.

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Microsoft seeks to invalidate Apple ‘App Store’ trademark

by brainylisa January 12, 2011

In an interesting move Microsoft has said that it has asked US officials to block Apple’s attempt to trademark the words “App Store”, this is after apple opened its App store for MAC User

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