Late last month, a mystical Windows Live Essentials update was pushed out. Microsoft was sparse on the details, but a post on Microsoft Answers on Tuesday fixed that.

WinRT Development Manager Martyn Lovell said while speaking at a conference that Microsoft would like developers to create languages for WinRT.

Nokia Lumia 900 reviews are out. A look at why Nokia and Microsoft have a problem with the device and the platform when it comes to reviews and reviewers. Perception is reality, right?

Due to a patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility, Microsoft will be relocating its European distribution center to the Netherlands from Germany.

A new rumor surfaced on Monday claiming that the next-generation Xbox will have a Blu-ray player, on top of dual-GPUs and a Christmas 2013 release timeframe, among other things.

Google’s rumored cloud based storage offering – Google Drive – may offer 5 GB of free online storage, according to a leaked screenshot.

The Smoked by Windows Phone competition has left yet another contestant feeling cheated, who now plans to take legal action against Microsoft.

Bing and Skype have collaborated on a promotion where users may redeem Skype Credit through the Bing Rewards program.

In the PC Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards 2012, Windows Phone has beat out Android and tied with iOS.

Microsoft has announced that the Kinect for Windows 1.5 update will be released by late May. In addition, availability will be increased to nineteen additional countries.

One of the Bing marketing executives fired last week for the misappropriation of company assets commented with positive things to say about his former employer.

Microsoft has announced that apps for Comcast XFINITY, HBO GO, and MLB.TV have been released to Xbox LIVE gold subscribers.

Google may finally launch G-Drive, its rumored cloud storage service in April 2012.

Microsoft Open Sources ASP.net MVC, their web development framework.

Earlier this week, Microsoft had confirmed that it is blocking links to The Pirate Bay in Windows Live Messenger. However, through some testing, I was not able to reproduce this today. Did they remove the site from their internal blacklist?