WindowsPhone.com has been updated for WinPhone 7.5 (Mango). The new features on the site don’t require you to have the 7.5 update installed.

Microstrategy wants people to use their BI (business intelligence) software. They’re making Cloud Personal available to Excel users for free.

Samsung is the latest company to fall prey to Microsoft’s licensing demands on Android. Microsoft will now get $10 for every Android device Samsung sells.

The user interface of Win7 was a tweaked version of Vista which was a tweaked version of Win2K and so on. With Win8 Microsoft has tossed out the old interface in favor of a whole new "Metro" look.

The Kelihos botnet was small, fewer than 45,000 infected computers, but was sending out billions of spam messages every day. Microsoft asked the courts to have Verisign shut down 21 internet domains in hopes of killing the botnet.

The BEAST (Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS) uses a flaw in an older version of SSL (Secure Socket Layer). Upgrading to a newer version of SSL can protect your information, but not all browsers or sites use it. Microsoft suggests reconfiguration to help filter out the exploit.

The release has officially begun. This page includes the global schedule and installation instructions.

By moving from Intel to ARM Microsoft has the chance to throw out all the "legacy support" issues embedded in Windows. By starting fresh, developers have an opportunity to come up with new answers not influenced by old software.

Microsoft offers a set of free training classes, over the web, through their Microsoft Virtual Academy. Here’s your chance to improve your skills, at your own pace, on virtualization, Windows Azure, and Office 365 for the IT Pro.

The changes being touted for Win8 go beyond the Metro interface. Included is the change of hardware platform, possible lack of legacy application support, and more. So far, Microsoft has been rather quiet on specifics.