No skin on Windows Phone 7, thanks...

Windows Phone 7, due to hit stores by Christmas according to Microsoft, signals a substantial shift in Microsoft’s focus, the user experience and how OEMs will be limited in what they can do to customise Microsoft’s mobile OS.

Microsoft’s rebooted mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, arrives in a matter of weeks – so it’s a case of Windows Phone 7 is dead, long live Windows Phone 8 right? Not so fast.

Microsoft confirms that UI overlays such as HTC’s Sense will be banned from Windows Phone 7 platform, with carrier rebranding also being slapped down.

Are you a fan of Ubuntu OS? Then you must've heard that Ubuntu is coming to Android. But there's still a long time before you'll actually get your hands on it. And even then, it might be very complicated and difficult to setup. Want a quick fix?

MS have been banned from selling MS Word in Texas due to a patent violation.

Oh sweet irony.

Microsoft Word banned by the courts | News | TechRadar UK

Windows Phone 7, Microsoft’s big return to the smartphone stage after Windows Mobile’s gradual decline and demise, turns two today, according to a tweet by Joel Belfiore, Microsoft’s head of Windows Phone product definition and design.

Microsoft is pinching CIOs by not providing an easy way to run the just released Microsoft Office 2013 except on Windows RT, the operating system for its Surface tablets.

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Microsoft got Motorola's entire range of Android device banned in Germany over age old FAT patent.

Although much of the Microsoft mobile news is focusing on the new partnership between Nokia and Microsoft, two major updates to Win Phone 7 are on the way, the first coming in early March and already anticipated, with the second due in the second half of 2011, due to deliver multitasking capabilities, IE9 browsing, Twitter integration and more – but “significant volume” of Nokia Win Phone 7 handse