What’s this? A technology that will forever change the way you insert batteries into any device? Apparently so. Microsoft recently announced a something called “InstaLoad” that allows you to insert batteries into any device without having to worry about the battery’s orientation and lining up the…

Microsoft just launched a free, lightweight development tool called WebMatrix which is designed to make Web development easy for professional developers. It installs a Web server (IIS Developer Express), a database (SQL Server Compact) and a Web framework (ASP.NET) in one 15 MB package (or 50 MB if…

Silverlight technology is now available for Symbian devices by way of a new download from Nokia’s OVI store. The latest release works on S60 5th edition phones, a lineup which includes the Nokia XpressMusic, N97 and N97 Mini, which are used by 20+ million users worldwide. The Silverlight…

Another improvement to Bing, released earlier this month is an improvement to the weather search functionality. Did you know that you can now just type the word “weather” into Bing and get a local forecast? How’s that for easy? The forecast info is pulled from Foreca, Intellicast, and IMap Weather…

At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft revealed new details about the forthcoming launch of codename “Dallas,” the information marketplace which provides developers and other information workers the ability to find, purchase and manage datasets from one online resource.  The service,…

The team from FUSE Labs (the folks behind Outlook Social Connector, Spindex, Kodu, Emporia, Bing Twitter Maps and Docs) have just launched a new project called Team Crossword. This application isn’t a major release like Docs.com, the Facebook-enabled Microsoft Office service, but is rather just a…

Microsoft is reintroducing the Windows 7 Family Pack, a discounted pack of multiple Windows 7 operating system licenses for use in homes that have more than one computer. Starting October 3rd in the U.S., you’ll be able to get 3 upgrade licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium for $149.99. On October…

Microsoft Hotmail, calendar and contacts can now be automatically pushed to your phone using Exchange ActiveSync technology (EAS). That means that whatever you do on your phone, from reading an email, creating a new calendar appointment, updating a contact, etc. with be automatically and instantly…

An independent Windows Phone developer, Sigurd Snørteland, has created an application for accessing news from Channel 9 on your Windows Phone 7 device. The app, “myChannel9,” will display news and videos from the site and will offers features like the ability to favorite a show, browse by tags or…

SyncFriend is an Outlook plugin that lets you back up your contact list online for safe-keeping. After registering for an account with the service, you can back up your contacts lists to the SyncFriend server while also keeping that list updated on your mobile phone, too. The SyncFriend plugin…