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Buzz Out Loud 1485: Steve Jobs building the mothership? (Podcast)

Steve Jobs pitches the city of Cupertino on a gigantic, circular "office complex" with its own power supply and, of course, a totally gorgeous design. Our question: does it come with its own Arc reactor? Also, World IPv6 Day is actually about preventing riots in the streets. Now do you care? And we found out right after the show ended that the Facebook profile pic tattoo story is a hoax. So now we hate the Internet, but we're still a little relieved.

Windows Phone Mango to deliver new SkyDrive features

Perhaps in response to Apple's little iCloud announcement yesterday, Microsoft posted new details about a couple of features coming to its cloud-based SkyDrive storage service with the Windows Phone Mango update.

This includes: The option to share photos stored on SkyDrive via e-mail, text, and IM and the ability to upload videos to the cloud. Previously, Microsoft revealed that the Mango update would also bring Office document storage and sharing. … Read more

Dialed In 175: Mango Madness

Microsoft goes all tropical on us with the announcement of Windows Phone Mango, the next big update to the Windows Phone operating system. We discuss all of the Windows Phone news, the latest 4G markets, and a cavalcade of Verizon smartphones that include the Motorola Droid X2 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.

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This Day in Tech: Twitter acquires TweetDeck, Google to offer mobile payments?

Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Wednesday, May 25.

Twitter acquires popular client TweetDeck Twitter says it will use the desktop service to help commercial users track conversations across the social network, in a deal reportedly valued at about $40 million. More

Piper Jaffray: Now's a good time to own Apple stock A new analyst report says that despite Apple's "lagged" stock gains this year, now is a good time to pick up shares based on the company's estimated growth over … Read more

Microsoft: Making smartphones smarter and easier

NEW YORK--Microsoft says its ready to take on the competition with its next iteration of its Windows Phone 7 software.

At an event here today, the company demonstrated some new features that will be part of the updated software code-named Mango, which is designed to make Windows smartphones smarter and easier to use, according to Andy Lees, president of the Mobile Communications Business for Microsoft.

The company offered a series of demonstrations that showed off some key features such as a smoother integration with social-networking applications like Facebook and Twitter, some built-in voice recognition technology, and some multitasking capabilities that … Read more

Windows Phone Mango: First impressions

NEW YORK--Earlier today, Microsoft previewed its upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone. Expected to roll out to devices in the fall, Mango brings more than 500 new features, making it the biggest update to the mobile operating system since it debuted in November 2010.

It's an impressive number, to be sure, but we're more concerned with quality than quantity, so needless to say we were very anxious to go hands-on with the Mango software.

Well, I finally got my opportunity today and let's just say I'm hopeful.

First off, Microsoft hasn't done much with the … Read more

Mango tied to new Windows Phone Marketplace

In addition to today's Windows Phone 7 Mango software and hardware announcements pertaining to the phone is another tidbit aimed squarely at Web use. This fall's Mango update will also include a new version of the online Windows Phone Marketplace.

Similar to Google's Android Market and RIM's BlackBerry App World, the Mango edition of the online marketplace will sell and download games from the Web site to the Windows phone.

Details are sparse on the blog post where CNET discovered the news, though more news on the "Mango Marketplace" will be coming, assured Matt … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1475: I want my chicken and my Gaga (Podcast)

On today's show, Apple stands up for its developers, but not for the people who might be infected with malware. Nice, Apple. Real nice. Also, Microsoft introduces Mango and Ballmer accidentally introduces Windows 8, and the Falun Gong sues Cisco. Yeah, really. And for a good reason, too.

Mango update ripens Windows Phone 7 (roundup)

Seven months after launching its bold new Windows Phone 7 OS, Microsoft peels open its forthcoming Mango update at a preview event in New York. There are still plenty of unknowns, like whether the more than 500 software updates will be tempting enough to attract customers and gain market share.

First impressions: Windows Phone Mango CNET takes a closer look at Microsoft's upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone. (Posted in Dialed In by Bonnie Cha) May 24, 2011 2:59 PM PDT

Microsoft unveils Windows Phone updates (live blog) Microsoft unveils 500 new updates to its Windows Phone mobile … Read more

Acer, ZTE, Fujitsu board the Windows Phone 7 train

Among Microsoft's many software announcements to flow from this morning's Windows Phone 7 update event in New York is a list of new hardware partners.

The next wave of Windows phones will come from a crew that is both diverse and familiar. Acer, Fujitsu, and ZTE are new Windows Phone partners. The former two are best known for computing devices like scanners (Fujitsu), laptops and tablet PCs (both), and a recent foray into tablets (Acer).

It's little surprise that the computing stalwarts have their hooks aimed at the white-hot mobile space. Microsoft hasn't detailed specifics on … Read more