The world already knew it, but now Microsoft hasmade it official: Hyper-V is coming as a part of Windows 8, bringing the virtualization technology popular on Windows Server to the operating system. If that didn’t make you excited, the rest of this piece is going to put you to sleep. On the other hand, this might be exactly what you have been waiting for. From ourearlier reporting: Virtualization, just for reference, in the operating system sense is the capability to run several ‘images’ of the OS at once, on a single piece of hardware....

Afterremoving references to Zune hardwareon its website yesterday and subsequently issuing a statement that it had done so mistakenly, Microsoft has quietly confirmed the death of its Zune music players, updating itsZune support websitewith a notice that it will no longer produce Zune music players and will shift its focus to Windows Phone moving forward. Winrumors made the spot, noting Microsoft’s complete 360 degree spin on earlier reports and directing us to a page which confirms the end of the Zune HD, with the Redmond-based company making sure to highlight that existing Zune player owners will still receive their warranties and customer support in the future:...

Remember the issue reported by a large swath of Windows Phone 7 users suggesting their handsets were over-consuming bandwidth by the bucket, even when on WiFi switched on? Well, Microsoft hasfinally been confirmedthat the “third-party” responsible was Yahoo Mail. After issue reports started to grow in number, Microsoft washesitant at first, noting just over a week later that a “third-party solution” was causing Windows Phone 7 customers to consistently over-consume their bandwidth allowance....

Today at E3, Microsoft announced that live TV, as expected, will be coming to the Xbox 360 this fall. The news was immediatelyconfirmed by @MajorNelson: TNW reported the likelihood of this announcementdays ago, noting that: Xbox users are spending millions of hours playing video games but Microsoft’s Frank Shaw has said that40% of all Xbox activity is now non-game, highlighting the need for Microsoft to expand its offerings to deliver television, film and music services....

It’s final at last folks, the next major update for Windows Phone, dubbed ‘Mango,’ will rename the phone line Windows Phone 7.5. While the coming name is ugly, and will merely confuse users, it is official. The following image is from Microsoft’s partner website: Of course, we know all about the Mango update, but in case you are a bit fuzzy, this is what is coming in the refresh, due later this year:...