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• Microsoft details Windows Phone 7 by the numbers: 11,500 apps, 36,000 developers

  

  We've already seen a fair number of Windows Phone 7 stats, but Microsoft's now gone and provided a proper retrospective for the first anniversary of its debut at the MIX10 conference last year. The standout figure, as usual, is the number of apps, which now stands at 11,500 -- a...

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  March 31, 2011, 12:27 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Microsoft tries whacking Google with European antitrust stick

  

  <!--body--> The legality of Google's business practices in Europe have drawn increased criticism over the last year or so, and now things are about to get really interesting. Microsoft—an antitrust veteran, if there ever was one—has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Google, accusing the search giant...

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  March 31, 2011, 10:58 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com

• MS exec says tablet computing may not be 'persistent'

  

  <!--CONTENT START--> Microsoft's view of computing in the post-pc era is quite different than Apple's. Apple anticipates the tablet will temporarily fill the void between the smartphone and the computer. Eventually, it will replace the computer for many users. Microsoft, on the other hand, questions the longevity of the tablet...

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  March 31, 2011, 8:00 am| Read full article | More articles from tuaw.com

• Microsoft Slams Google With Antitrust Complaint

  

  Microsoft plans to launch an antitrust complaint Thursday in Brussels against Google, alleging that the company is using its search engine to unfairly promote its products.This is nothing new for Google, as the European Commission already opened an antitrust investigation against the company for that same reason in November 2010,...

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  March 31, 2011, 7:32 am| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com

• Updated Windows Phone schedule: good news for most, AT&T still awful

  

  <!--body--> First posted a week ago, Microsoft has updated its Windows Phone 7 update pages for the US and the rest of the world. The good news is that most networks are now rolling out the copy-and-paste update codenamed "NoDo," giving users of the platform the much talked-about feature, as...

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  March 31, 2011, 6:29 am| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com

• Microsoft Shares WP7 Stats, Takes a Few Jabs at Other Platforms

  

  One year after the initial launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft decided to share some stats about the platform on its Windows Phone Developer Blog.Looking at the cold, hard numbers only, the stats look like this: 11,500 apps for the platform (7,500 are paid apps) and 36,000 developers (with 1,200...

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  March 31, 2011, 2:43 am| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com

• Microsoft lodges antitrust complaint against Google with European Commission, ignores irony

  

  So Microsoft doesn't like anticompetitive behavior, huh? Since when? Brad Smith, General Counsel for the Redmond rabblerousers, has posted a lengthy blog post outlining Microsoft's concerns with "a pattern of actions that Google has taken to entrench its dominance" in online search and ads, which he claims is detrimental to...

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  March 31, 2011, 12:29 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Paul Allen Rips Bill Gates In Autobiography

  itwbennett writes "Bill Gates was guilty of 'mercenary opportunism' when he schemed with Steve Ballmer to dilute Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's equity in the company while Allen was recovering from Hodgkin's disease according to Allen. In his upcoming autobiography, 'Idea Man,' which is excerpted in Vanity Fair, Allen paints a...

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  March 30, 2011, 9:48 pm| Read full article | More articles from slashdot.org

• Microsoft hires linguist in 'App Store' dispute with Apple

  

  <!--CONTENT START--> CNET reports that in its fight to keep Apple from trademarking the name "App Store" for its own mobile marketplace, Microsoft has hired a linguist to testify that the phrase "app store" simply means a store that sells apps, and therefore should not be used by Apple to...

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  March 30, 2011, 4:00 pm| Read full article | More articles from tuaw.com

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