Remember Windows XP? We certainly do. Think back to the days of noisy hard-drives and floppy disks clicking away. Have a guess what sort of power was inside the average PC back then?

Take a peek at the Windows XP system requirements and you...

Windows Phone 7 Apollo, the next major update to the mobile operating system, will be coming in Q4 2012, according to a roadmap that website WMPoweruser claims to have got its hands-on.

Detailed in its brief layout are the launch dates and...

A bug within the Windows Phone 7 operating system has been uncovered which can be exploited by attackers, allowing a Denial of Service attack to be sent via SMS which will disable messaging on the device.

This flaw is apparently targeted at...

That headline may be a trifle misleading. Not intentional, of course - but we do need to clear a few things up.

This isn't Windows Phone 7 Tango in action here. This is the Windows Phone 7 Tango app. Confused? You needn't be.

Tango...

Images of the rumoured HTC Omega have danced their way onto the Internet. A set of hands-on pics have been posted that feature the white, reportedly aluminium, handset on the Orange network.

The HTC Omega is rumoured to be a powerful 1.5GHz...

The first handset to be armed with the new WP7 7.5 (Mango) operating system has been released in Japan.

The handset, which has been launched to retail by Fujitsu and KDDI au, goes by the catchy name of the Fujitsu IS12T and details we've gleaned...

Microsoft employees have begun posting tweets that point to them testing the social network on Windows Phone 7.

Mango, the new update for WP7, has had Twitter integration planned since its announcement. Current builds of the new Microsoft smartphone...

Last years WP7 could be this years Mango powered revamp by the looks of things. According to Pocketnow, LG is planning a fruity refresh to its Optimus 7, slapping the OS update on it and calling it the E906.

The original Optimus 7 bears the...

It's all terribly exciting, as Nokia has announced which European countries will be the first to get its new Windows Phone 7-flavoured handsets.

It's been reported from the 2011 Mobile Telecompaper conference, in which Victor Saeijs, vice president,...

It looks like Nokia's Windows Phone prayers might have been answered. Reports suggesting that Samsung may purchase the company would place the Finnish manufacturer at the number one spot on WP7 sales.

Pocket-lint got in contact with Nokia and...

There's been a lot of talk about WP7 over recent weeks about its impact, or failure to impact, on the mobile market; reports of sluggish sales and problems with its first major update not having helped the fledgling operating system.

So...

The fact that Acer is one of the partners in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 plans is no secret, it was confirmed around a week ago. However, it seems as if the companies have been working together, behind-the-scenes, for a lot longer.

In addition,...

Those desperate for a camera phone worthy of replacing their Nokia N8 may just have had their prayers answered by HTC rather than Nokia after leaked shots showing a 12 megapixel HTC handset sporting WP7 have been spotted in Russia.

Well known...

Mobile gaming seems to have given a whole new lease of life to some classic titles, with Speedball 2 being just one example how a top-quality retro game can make the transition from something like the Amiga onto the iPad/iPhone.

And so we come...

Nokia and Microsoft may be sitting in a tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G., but rumours of an imminent acquisition posted by infamous Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin have been rapidly debunked.

Murtazin claims that Nokia is to start negotiations with Microsoft...