Scientists sent by Greenpeace to Ghana have recently found extreme cases of chemical contamination at two “e-waste” facilities. Soil and water tests were conducted at two electronics scrap yards where various items such as broken computers, monitors, and televisions are shipped from the United States and Europe for processing and extraction of scrap metals. […]

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‘Tis only a rumor but the implications are endlessly interesting. ZunePhone running Windows Mobile 7, said to be a real competitor to OS X. Also, Windows Live Services will be its focal feature. The ZunePhone will be a multi-touch phone, of course, but there’s no hint of possible screen size and connectivity. We can assume […]

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Microsoft and Billionaire financier Icahn had a chat last week and the message to Yahoo is that Microsoft is still interested to reopen talks if Yahoo elects a new board.
Meanwhile The Times Online reports that Yahoo is talking again with Time Warner to fend of a Microsoft takeover.
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Theatregoers will no longer have to put up with noisy phones as Microsoft is developing a device that will jam the mobile signal inside buildings. The Telegraph reports.
“The company is developing a “device manners” system, which could force all mobiles on to silent mode and end the need for polite warnings before performances.
The system would […]

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In an interview that covered Windows Mobile phones, HD DVD and Xbox 360, Microsoft Entertainment Devices & Division President Robbie Bach also dropped a hint about a Zune competitor for iPod Touch. That’s right, a touchscreen Zune. Of course, a touchscreen Zune raises many possibilities, among which is a possible Windows Mobile OS developed strictly […]

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Microsoft announced a new limited edition Zune today to commemorate the release of Joy Division. The designer artwork on the Zune is by Peter Saville. The custom Zune will come pre-loaded with the Joy Division documentary film.
The artwork on the Zune itself comes from Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” album. The custom Zune is limited to […]

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One way Microsoft could make Zune a success in Canada is by having a different Zune distributed there compared with the one being sold below the border. Tough luck, but maybe Canadians can put a different eye into things. OxCafe did another review of the flash Zune as they received it in Canada, despite all […]

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The wait is finally over, after nine months since it was first released. Microsoft has released its Windows Live ‘pack’ to customers who own a Nokia Symbian Series 60 handset in the United States, along with six more countries - Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Poland, and Romania. Windows Live combines several of Microsoft’s Applications together, […]

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In an interesting move by Tellme, a subsidiary of Microsoft, the BlackBerry will see Tellme’s voice search application before Windows Mobile. Tellme’s apparent reason for this is that the BlackBerry OS has “better support for Java” than Windows Mobile. Wow, hear that Microsoft? Don’t worry, it will make it’s way to Windows Mobile eventually, Microsoft […]

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This news comes from controversial Chinese site CNMO.com. As Microsoft makes more profit on Office than it does on its current Vista OS, they’d want to make the software widely available in man different platform. Like the last Meizu Mini One news, this makes sense too, but we should wait to hear it from Apple and Microsoft directly. […]

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