The Internet partnership of Microsoft and NBC is officially over. Microsoft will receive a reported $300 million for its share of MSNBC.com.

Chapter 2 of "Introduction to Mono for Android" starts with an overview of Mono and then moves to a discussion of Mono for Android, configuring the development stack, and developing and deploying a “Hello Mono for Android” application -- first to an emulator and then to your Android-based phone.

Microsoft has unveiled the official retirement date for Windows XP, their most popular OS to date.

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Azure Web Sites, VMs and the Service Management Portal along with the API will be included with the release of Windows Server 2012 within the next couple of months.

Office 365 Open will let partners sell Office 365 the way Microsoft sells most of its products, which will allow partners to deliver packaged services with a single invoice and manage the customer relationship.

Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Windows make it official, Microsoft will release Windows 8 this October.