Microsoft hasrolled outa couple of nifty updates to its search engine, Bing which can help you discover iPhone apps. Some of the features this update include: Auto app discovery: Using this feature, you can discover iPhone apps when you search for normal web queries. That is, if you search for Thor 3D, Facebook or Hotels in Seattle, you will get the respective iPhone apps in search results. The 💜 of EU tech...

Companies and consortiums have beenwaging war against passwordsthrough security keys and authenticator apps for years now. Microsoft has taken one more step towards a passwordless future by allowing you toremove the password from your account altogether — so you won’t need it to sign into Windows, your email, or Outlook. The companyoffers options for alternative sign-in, such asthe authenticator appor physical security keys. If you choose to go with those, you can ditch your password entirely....

Microsoft is sorry, quite sorry indeed, that so many Windows Phone 7 owners have yet to receive the NoDo update for their handset. In a weekly written update today, the Windows Phone 7 teamexpressed sympathyto owners frustrated over the lag in receiving the update: “You want the latest technology and you’re tired of waiting. Believe me, [we] get it.” But the company also took time to warn against using any sort of workaround or hack to get the update ahead of schedule, saying that Microsoft has yet to fully test the 3rd party methods, and that they could lead to problems stretching from minor glitches to voided warranties....

Microsoft will start manufacturing XBox 360 consoles in Brazil, the firm just announced today in alive streamedpress conference. This move will immediately result in lower price tags, as the game consoles will now be free from Brazil’s heavy import taxes on electronics. The announcement, whose hashtag on Twitter is ‘XboxfeitonoBrasil‘ (XBox Made in Brazil), is the official confirmation ofrumorsthat had been circulating for a couple months. The launch date for the ‘new’ console in Brazil will be October 5th....

Microsoft is now working with Node.js’s creator, Joyent, to bring the popular development framework to both Windows and its cloud offering, Azure. In ablog poston the matter today, Joyent announced that Microsoft is formally helping with the port. Joyent had already begun to bring Node.js to Windows before the Microsoft’s involvement. Microsoft’s participation should assist in bringing the development to completion in a shorter time frame. Node.js has become quite popular on its native Unix environment....