A tutorial I made very quickly on how to up your polling rate on Windows 7 and Vista. I hope this helps a few people out

Another lawsuit has been added to the increasingly complex patent lawsuit merry-go-round in the smartphone world. This time, Microsoft has sued Barnes & Noble, claiming that its Nook and Nook Color tablets infringe on Microsoft’s patents. Manufacturers Foxconn and Inventec were also sued for the same reason

To install apps on your Windows Phone, you have to purchase them if they are not free apps. This article lists frequently asked questions (FAQs) about billing and payment in the Windows Phone 7… For more visit The Windows Club.

Bloomberg reported yesterday that Microsoft will end up paying Nokia more than $1 billion to promote and develop Windows Phone 7 handsets, citing two unnamed sources said to be knowledgable of the terms of the agreement. Nokia’s commitment to the platform is also long-term: the agreement lasts more than five years, according to the sources

If you receive the following error when you try to update Windows Phone 7, this article may help you resolve the issue.

Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government : The attacks last week by Anonymous on security firm HBGary have yanked back the curtain on the dark world of government-sponsored malware. Where does the US military get its custom rootkits? It buys them—and the 0-day exploits that deliver them—from private security firms.

Microsoft and Mozilla traded barbs this week in a dispute over what constitutes a “modern” Web browser. The competitive friction is starting to heat up because the Redmond software giant and Silicon Valley nonprofit are preparing to release the next major versions of their respective Web browsers. Mozilla’s Firefox 4 is expected to arrive this month and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is in the release candidate stage

In this article I have tried to provide all the important links to information about Windows networking technologies which will be helpful for Networking IT Pros, students and general users as well….

At the Mobile World Congress today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows Phone director Joe Belfiore showed what to expect from Windows Phone 7 later this year. We finally have a timeframe for the copy-and-paste update—it will arrive in the first two weeks of March—and we also got a first glimpse at a major update due in the second half of this year. The headline features of this big update are multitasking support for third-party applications and a new Web browser based on Internet Explorer 9

After a quiet January Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will be issuing 12 updates fixing 22 vulnerabilities for February’s Patch Tuesday. These patches will update Windows, Internet Explorer, and the Visio diagramming software. Three bulletins, including the Internet Explorer patch, earn the most severe “Critical” rating