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Want more information on where Microsoft’s private- and public-cloud server products are headed? Check out our on-demand Webcast and “cheat sheet.” Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft and its partners launched new Windows Phone Mango optimized phones on AT&T and T-Mobile at an event in New York City. There’s still no new word on any new WPs on Verizon. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott At a press event today in New York, Microsoft celebrated the US retail availability of several new handsets based on Windows Phone 7.5, including the Samsung Focus Flash. Here are some photos of this new phone, which is available today from AT&T Wireless. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott At a press event today in New York, Microsoft celebrated the US retail availability of several new handsets based on Windows Phone 7.5, including the Samsung Focus S. Here are some photos of this new phone, which is available today from AT&T Wireless. Source: Win Super Site

Could and should Microsoft replace the Windows Embedded Compact kernel in Windows Phone with the MinWin/NT kernel? A new voice (and former Microsoft Distinguished Engineer) weighs in. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott With Microsoft making an effective defense of its mobile industry patent protection strategy last week, Google shot back with an argument of its own: Microsoft is taking the legal route in the mobile industry, Google says, because its mobile platform, Windows Phone, is failing. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Today, in New York City, Microsoft is undergoing what its internal documentation describes as a "PR stunt to support the push to retail" for Windows Phone 7.5 handsets. I’m in New York for the day, so I’ll update this post over time with observations, photos, and other information. Source: Win Super Site

When trying to start Windows Live Mail I get an error message stating "Windows Live Mail could not be started. Closing Windows Live Mail. Your calendar contains corrupted data that is forcing WLM to close". The error number is 0800010105. I have researched this on the internet and found numerous possible solutions and have tried all of them with no luck in solving the problem. So far I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling Windows Live Mail. 2. Running repair on Windows Live Mail. 3. Checking the date and time and unchecking the box to adjust for daylight savings time. 4. Deleting the Calendar folder under the Windows Live Mail folder. 5. Deleting…

By Paul Thurrott In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo, Mary Jo and I discuss Nokia’s plans for the US, the possibility of a Nokia tablet, Internet Explorer usage, Microsoft’s Android patent claims, Kinect and Windows, why Courier was shut down, and the next Xbox video game console. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott With the backdrop of an apparent deal between General Motors and Google that could see 100,000 employees of the car maker adopt the online giant’s cloud-based productivity wares, Microsoft’s Office 365 chief has come out firing. Microsoft senior director Tom Rizzo says that Google’s products are poorly planned and that the company drops support for older browsers too quickly. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Post-Setup configuration has already changed dramatically in the Windows 8 Developer Preview and I expect it to change further as we get closer to the final shipping version of Windows 8. Here’s a walkthrough of how I go about getting the preview from a bare OS to a fully-configured install. Source: Win Super Site

Hello, we have company dns servers (BIND 9) on linux. I created new dns zone and permitted to update it from windows server IP address. During active directory installation I selected to use already configured dns server. Everything works fine. But this official solution is very insecure (access based on IP address). Is there any way to force windows to use some HMAC key for zone updates?

By Paul Thurrott Thanks to yet another hardware issue, I’ve finally moved solely to Windows 8 on my primary desktop. And I’ll be reporting over time about the experience of using Microsoft’s next OS in tandem with yesterday’s Windows applications. Does this configuration even make sense? Here’s a first peek. Source: Win Super Site

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By Paul Thurrott The enthusiast developers at ChevronWP7 have released their inexpensive Windows Phone unlocking tool, ChevronWP7 Labs. This tool provides users with a way to inexpensively "developer unlock" their device, providing them with two key capabilities. Source: Win Super Site

Homebrewers can now get a Windows Phone unlocking tool for $9 from the ChevronWP7 team. Nice timing, given Microsoft has a number of Mango-related events slated for New York on November 7. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has rolled out Beta 2 of its Kinect for Windows development kit and has added support for Windows 8 with the refresh. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has launched a holiday promotion to attempt to get more Windows 7 and Vista users to try Internet Explorer 9. Source: All About Microsoft