Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7.1.1 SDK.

I’ve been a Hotmail user for some time, but I never explored its graymail-fighting features until contacted by Microsoft to write a post about it. Read on to find out the verdict.

Sahas Katta, the guy who claims to have beat Microsoft during a ‘Smoked’ challenge has received the laptop and a bonus phone for his troubles.

As today was a big day for MetroTwit — during which they dropped the major 1.0 release of the Twitter client — I had a nice chat with David Golden, the project’s lead developer and a friend of mine.

Microsoft is aiming to bridge the app gap between Windows Phone and competing platforms like iOS and Android with its new marketing initiatives.

This month, Microsoft has expanded the availability of the Windows Phone App Hub to 23 additional countries.

Microsoft has taken its popular Smoked by Windows Phone contest to its stores, offering a Hunger Games Special Edition laptop to those who manage to win, and the opportunity to swap out your existing smartphone for a Windows Phone for those who lose.

Contradicting — and likely correcting — a statement previously made by the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Rovio’s CEO confirmed that Angry Birds Space is coming to Windows Phone after all.

Does Tango restrict developer capability so apps can target lower-end (256MB) devices? Per Justin Angel, Principal Engr at Nokia, not really.

The Windows Phone Marketplace now hosts more than 70,000 apps, up from 60,000 apps in January.

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.

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.