Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

The development platform for Windows Phone 7 Series will be different, Microsoft says–so different in fact that previously built Windows mobile applications will not run on Windows Phone 7 Series.

Several sources told Channelweb.com this week that they expect Microsoft to make Silverlight 4 the platform for building native applications in Windows Mobile 7 and future generations of Windows ...

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This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Microsoft now has 200,000 apps available for download in the Windows Phone Store, the company said. But before congratulating Microsoft on hitting this milestone, try this exercise: Name ten. Maybe ...

Nokia’s Lumia 900 is a beautiful phone. Despite a few flaws, Techland’s own Jared Newman called it “the most noteworthy Windows Phone yet.” I haven’t had time to really get to know it, but a Microsoft ...