Internet Explorer 9 is now available in more local languages than any other browser on Windows. Microsoft released support for IE9 in 53 additional languages, making IE9 available in a total of 93 languages.
Microsoft backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012.
Read MoreMicrosoft confirmed Sinofsky’s appearance at All Things Digital D9 conference. A source, familiar with Microsoft’s plans, has informed WinRumors that Microsoft is planning to demo its Windows 8 Tablet UI at D9. Microsoft has a habit of introducing new technologies at the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital Conference, which will run from May 31 to June 2 this year. Microsoft will show a “technology preview” of its Windows 8 Tablet experience at the conference next week.
Read MoreSpeaking at Microsoft’s Developer Forum 2011, Ballmer promised the features at a VIP launch event and hinted at new handsets. “Including some of the particulars about who is going to be building Windows Phones and which carriers will be offering them,” said Ballmer. WMPoweruser spotted Ballmer’s speech and provided a video recording. The confirmation of a big feature set further confirms Microsoft’s plans of a big launch for Windows Phone 7.5 later this year.
Read MoreIn a stunning move of corporate cooperation, Bing has teamed up with Facebook to deeply integrate the social giant into not just into its search results, but into its search algorithms, fundamentally changing the way it will create results.
Read MoreIn the run-up to next week's official unveiling of Windows Phone "Mango," the forthcoming major upgrade to Microsoft's smartphone platform, more features have been disclosed by Microsoft, and even more have apparently been leaked.
There will be a Windows Phone event in New York on 24 May, but up until that date it seems we are going to hear more and more leaks about what is coming with Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) later this year. The latest info from the Windows Phone Dev Podcast shows Windows Live Messenger, Facebook Chat, and AOL IM coming to Messaging, Office 365 support, group messaging, artist on lock screen, WiFi hotspot support, visual voicemail, and more.
Read MoreMicrosoft says Skype has more than 170 million connected users. According to a regulatory filing, Skype claims its users made 207 billion minutes of voice and video calls last year. Microsoft wants to capitalize on that loyalty, putting Skype technology into various products, hoping that it can spin Skype's users into other Microsoft products.
Read MoreSeeing Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer take the stage at Research in Motion's Blackberry World conference in Orlando. A new partnership between once fierce rivals, which calls for Microsoft's Bing Search and Bing Maps to be built into the operating system of future RIM devices, would have seemed unfathomable just a few years ago.
Read MoreMicrosoft released a developer tool that is aimed at helping iPhone developers port their applications more easily to Windows Phones. Microsoft officials described the new API (application programming interface) mapping tool as similar to a translation dictionary.
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