Buggy Windows XP .NET Patch Causes Loop

Are you feeling lucky?

Small problem with Patch Tuesday, last: if you're running Windows XP and Microsoft's .NET framework, the update cycle never ends. You may be thinking, "Heh, you've got that right. With Windows, you'll be patching forever." But we're not being sarcastic -- due to an unknown bug, the update process could loop.

Skype on Nokia's Lumia 610 = HUGE FAIL

Nokia's Lumia 610 has unfriended Skype

More bad news for Microkia.:

After a full month's field-trial (with real customers acting as their unpaid testers), Nokia has decided they were right the first time: Skype won't run properly on Tango-level Windows Phone devices. Some users reportd a 'low system RAM' warning after installing Microsoft's VOIP app, while others complained of laggy performance.

Call it an oversight or call it poor QA, but even MobilePhonesFan would not dare to call it fragmentation...

Android Fragmentation FTW! Week in Mobile

Shout out to da sheeple!

Samsung's Not Just Flocking Around

...Plus 9 More Tails from last Week's Mobile News

Is Cable Giant Comcast Cheating on Their
FCC Net Neutrality Agreement?

Do we really need to tell you?

Successful Android Games Developer
Says,"We like fragmentation."

Surprisingly, they weren't joking. Or drunk.

Nokia Tops Apple in Two Important Metrics:
Factory Explosions = 0; Roof-Jumpers = 0

Ups and downs in the mobile phones biz.

Video Game Revenue Now at 6-Year Low

Gaming industry, you've been pwned.

Last week, NPD Group reported (handheld and console) gaming software sales down 32% year-over-year, plunging from $503 million in April 2011 to the current $292 million.

Assuming this trend continues, retail video gaming revenues in 2012 could be lower than the $12.6 billion earned in 2006...the first year for Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii, as well as the first full year of sales for Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Microsoft Supports New BitTorrent Killer

Would you buy an operating system from this man?

Can "Pirate Pay" stop BitTorrent sharing at the seeding server?

Engineers from the Russian start-up say they can do just that. Now they have funding -- including $100,000 from Microsoft Seed Finance -- to aid them in further developing their methodology.

Whether they can or can't, the claim raises two questions that could be even more important : (1) How does their system work? (2) Is it legal to block BitTorrent, whether in this manner or any other?

Video History of Windows OS ...in 77 Min.

Let's all be thankful that he skips 'Windows ME'

Ah, Microsoft's Windows™ -- love it or hate it, we've all been forced had occasion to use it. If you're older than the age of consent, then you likely grew up doing 100% of your computing in a Windows PC environment. Even after Apple Computer entered their renaissance period, anyone engaged in serious commerce -- anywhere in the world -- still needed ready access to the Windows Office™ Suite, on occasion.

Of course, nothing lasts forever. MobilePhonesFan kicked the Microsoft habit a few years back, after a disturbing experience with the black sheep of the Windows family, Vista. Still, we do have fond memories of PCs past. Assembling your first Windows box from scratch is a character-building experience. And we were plenty excited about the release of Windows 95, especially after the Rolling Stones commercials.

So this YouTube "History of WIndows" video by thePatrickMonroe takes MobilePhonesFan back...

No More Tweets from Windows Phone?

'Windows Live' falls, can't get up.

Probably a sad day for some marketing people in Redmond.

Their latest Windows Phone firmware signs tweets 'via Microsoft', dropping the 'via Windows Live' signature they've been using since Windows Phone's introduction, in 2010...you know, way back when Microsoft had a sense of humor about WP.

Nokia Dev City (Rack City parody)

Catch a falling phone and put it in your pocket...

n.b.: Some links have changed. Be sure to read our updates, at the end.

To help spread the word that their Windows Phone platform desperately needs 3rd-party developers (developers, developers, etc.), Nokia and Microsoft are sponsoring a whirlwind tour they're calling the Ready.Set () {Code} Challenge.

It's a series of fourteen hackathons in 13 North American cities, beginning in Ohio this Saturday (12 May) and finishing with a date in Vancouver (BC), mid-June. Each event will last ~12 hours, with winners announced same night.

To kick things off, the Nokia Dev Forum offers a parody of Tyga's hit song Rack City. With the subtitle 'Nokia Lumia Rap', it turns the subject from Las Vegas (AKA: 'Rack City') to...well, developing for Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile OS...

Have Fun with Windows Phone, Win a Prize!

For once, the folks in Redmond may be onto something here. Unlike previous offerings,  Microsoft's Free Time Machine is a fun contest ...with a neat twist...

Yahoo! Japan! Releases! Android! Browser!

Yahoo! Browser! Has! No! English! Version!

This new Yahoo! Browser is a new product from Yahoo! Japan, the largest and most popular website in that country.

A joint operation of Yahoo! (USA) and Japan's Softbank, Yahoo! Japan has little connection to it's US namesake. In fact, the Yahoo! Japan site farms out their search business to Google, rather than Microsoft's Bing. So there.

The release of a Yahoo!-branded browser for Android proves that Google's mobile OS is doing well in Japan. Based on the standard Android (webkit) browser, this region-limited app is available now in Google's Play Store.


Download link.

via: AsiaJin

Nokia Targeted by Investor Lawsuit ...Shareholders Unhappy with WindowsPhone Results

Bring us the head of Stephen Elop!

(image: The Simpsons)

Yesterday, we learned that some Nokia investors -- for years, a group largely composed of US banks and hedge funds -- are feeling grumpy. Apparently, they no longer believe the hopeful talk of fanboys and analysts (like this one) who say the phone maker's share-price will recover, 'soon'. So, these investors have filed suit against Nokia and CEO Stephen Elop.

Some people just have no faith, I guess.