Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be released on May 9th as part of the Arcade NEXT promotion.

The HTC Triumph, codenamed in English as the HTC Eternity, has finally hit store shelves in China as the first Windows Phone in the region.

Microsoft has released an update for the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite.

Tomorrow, Microsoft will announce the release date of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. And to celebrate, they will also be giving away two custom Minecraft-styled Xboxes.

A comparison of the different design elements in iOS and Windows 8.

Microsoft has once again lowered the amount of product keys available per product on TechNet, lowering the amount of allocated product keys to three (for TechNet Professional subscribers), and two (for TechNet Standard subscribers) for each version of Windows and Office.

According to an internal email, Microsoft is modifying its internal policy to prevent the nearly 46,000 employees of Microsoft’s Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, and Operations (SMSG) group from purchasing Apple products with company funds.

According to a study conducted by Kantar Worldpanel, 2.5% of UK buyers purchased a Nokia Windows Phone, while 2.4% purchased a Symbian device.

Microsoft has appointed marketing veteran Thom Gruhler as the corporate vice president of Windows Phone Marketing.

Bing marketing executives Eric Hadley and Sean Carver were fired from the company following an internal investigation, which revealed that they had mismanaged company assets.

Microsoft has donated its PhotoDNA image matching technology to law enforcement agencies at no cost to help them fight child pornography.

According to a Bloomberg report, Windows 8 will be finalized (RTM) sometime this summer and subsequently will go on sale in October (GA).

Apple steals Microsoft’s Zune tag line

Earlier today, the Bing team announced a set of changes to improve the design and usability of map pushpins, popups, and the transit system.

Microsoft is hosting a special event on March 21st to celebrate the launch of Tango — and the Windows Phone platform as a whole — in China.