PC World posted a news story that Microsoft will released a beta of Visual Studio LightSwitch on August 23
Engadget reports that Windows Phone 7 is expected to happen in the October timeframe across Europe, and in the November timeframe in the US
Microsoft's Stephen L. Rose posted a blog entry that over 55 languages are now supported by the Windows 7 language packs
Long Zheng reports that over 3000 Windows Phone 7 devices are in the wild
CNET News posted a news story that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted Thursday that the software maker is hard at work on Windows-based tablets
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 beta will be release in September
PC World reports that Microsoft's Hohm energy monitoring service can now detail energy use by appliance
All About Microsoft posted a news story that Microsoft is making available a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of Houston a tool for those looking to do rapid database development in the cloud
Microsoft has released an update for Word 2007
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft has released a new test build of its free Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus/antimalware product, and another of its paid Forefront Endpoint Protection product
The Hardware 2.0 Blog posted some thoughts on the Windows Phone 7 technical preview
All About Microsoft posted a news story that Microsoft is going to offer a free Find My Phone feature for Windows Phone 7 devices
Microsoft has released the second public beta of Windows Intune today
All About Microsoft posted a news story that Microsoft is readying new beta builds of two low-end Windows Server releases known as Vail and Aurora
Neowin.net reports that Microsoft has sold around 10,000 KIN devices
All About Microsoft reports that French site Ma-Config.com posted some additional Windows 8 information
All About Microsoft posted a news story that Microsoft release a new tool suite known as WebMatrix
Long Zheng reports that Microsoft may introduce a multi-touch mouse
All about Microsoft posted a news story on a couple of complementary technologies that aren't available in Office 2010 yet
Gizmodo reports that Microsoft discontinue the Kin according to sources close to Microsoft
