Microsoft says it recovered data missing from T-Mobile Sidekick phones, will restore quickly

October 20th, 2009 Not all is lost on the Sidekick: contacts recoupedNEW YORK — T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back. Phone numbers, photos and other personal data started disappearing from Sidekick phones a week and half ago, because of a breakdown of servers run by Microsoft Corp., which owns the Sidekick maker and runs its data services.

October 12th, 2009 Sidekick contacts, data gone, T-Mobile saysNEW YORK — Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal data they stored on the phone, including contact numbers. The phones are made by a Microsoft Corp.

September 1st, 2009 REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

August 12th, 2009 Microsoft to put Office programs on Nokia phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft is working with Nokia to put Office software and other programs on smart phones. The companies say people will be able to read, edit and create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote programs on Nokia smart phones, which run an operating system called Symbian that competes with Microsoft Corp.'s own Windows Mobile.

August 24th, 2009 Microsoft reinvents app store for non-smart phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs smart phone owners have embraced.

February 16th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Playing catch-up to rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft Monday beefed up its push into mobile business, touting new services and winning fresh support from handset makers. The software giant announced that at the Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, Spain, the company and its key mobile partners were unveiling new smartphones with upgraded Microsoft software.

January 27th, 2009 VALLABH VIDYANAGAR - Material handling equipment manufacturer Elecon Engineering Wednesday launched a software that stores health information on mobile phones for use during crisis. Called 'In Case of Emergency' (ICE), the software can help communicate one's health information, which can be communicated to pre-identified family members and friends during crisis through the mobile phone.

May 19th, 2009 The wait for new Windows Mobile 6.5 is over. Microsoft developers working on Windows Mobile 6.5 have divulged the news that the work on Windows latest mobile operating system has finally finished.

February 17th, 2009 With Apple iPhones taking the major share of the pie, Steve Ballmer could never wait and watch.  Microsoft and LG have joined hands to produce 10 LG Windows phones in 2009. This was unveiled just after LG's introduction of 3D interface for its high-end phones at the Mobile World Congress(MWC) 2009 in Barcelona.

August 24th, 2009 Microsoft adds app access to non-smart phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs that smart phone owners have embraced.

May 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A major reason why mobile phones have been relatively free of virus attacks is that the market is widely split, unlike in computer software, where one firm controls a large chunk of the market, scientists point out. If you own a computer, you are likely to be familiar with a nasty virus attack at some point.

February 12th, 2009 Technology is real fun sometimes. You can't but laugh at unexpected turn of events.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Targeting users of business and smart phones, computer services major IBM Wednesday announced a $100-million investment in the mobile services space globally, including India. "IBM is investing to create technology in its labs that brings simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people who have bypassed the personal computer as their primary method of accessing the Internet, and instead use their mobile devices for conducting financial transactions, entertainment, shopping and more," IBM said in a statement.

June 22nd, 2009 T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in AugustNEW YORK — T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday. The "T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google" will be a touch-screen phone and will lack the physical keyboard of the T-Mobile G1, the first phone that used Google Inc.'s Android software.

April 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new software application meant for mobile phones can alert Muslim users to namaz timings through an image combined with audible alerts. The screen of the mobile phone shows an image of the sun lining up with a green circle when it is time to pray.