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Laura and Paul are together again and they haven't missed a beat. Here's the hottest stories from the land of Microsoft:Googlighting [02:14]Lumia bundle hits stores  [09:22]Facebook adds Bing tie in  [05:28]Visual Studio 11 Beta   [12:32]

Laura and Paul bring the all the stories you NEED to know about: ESPN redesign for Xbox LIVEFoy gets hired at Windows PhoneMicrosoft makes a parodyThe Internet Explorer Hoax

There actually is a valid reason for Paul to be wearing that shirt! Check out what the 'Softies were all buzzing about this week:Big news about SQL ServerHappy Birthday Bill Gates!MSN gets a make-overWindows 7 heals itselfBing & Google

When you buy Windows 7 (pro or ultimate) you get Windows XP "virtualized" for free. What this means that if you are web developer you can finally have IE6, IE7, IE8 all running alongside each other as hardware support virtual applications. More details at  bit.ly/virtualXP

This week we got to sit back a little and wax philosophical. What are the right ways to advertise? What applications are useful? When should you really be careful to not get photographed? You tell us.... Win7 app helps with squinting Tired Mac ads Is Google scared? Caught on camera! and…

Companies like Yahoo!, Microsoft, and (especially) Google depend on being able to track your browsing habits to better target you with advertisements.  In the past 2 years, the proportion of ads being served through ad tracking networks has climbed from 5% to more than 30%, so these tracking…

Reader JenST responds to my recent analysis of "smartphone carnage", saying:"See BT purchased Ribbit.  This could be the first move of the carriers to take control from Google, Microsoft, Apple."JP Rangaswami, the guy at BT responsible for this acquisition, is one of my…

I can still remember meeting with people from RIMM 10 years ago, as they were a relative upstart compared to Palm, and were feeling out Microsoft’s intentions in the smart phone space.  Since then, a lot has happened.  Lots of new players and threats have emerged, and many have fizzled…

Now that we know Google was a big loser in the 700MHz spectrum auction, many bloggers are acting like they knew it all along.  But the truth is, when we predicted that Google wouldn’t win any spectrum, there were only a small handful of people who agreed with us.  When I explained that…

A couple of months ago, Jeremy Geelan at SYS-CON asked me for my predictions about the tech industry in 2008.  They just published my predictions in their end-of-year issue, highlighting the prediction that "Network Neutrality Will Take an Even Worse Beating in 2008".  You can…