Microsoft updated their Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images to version 4.3. Windows Virtual PC VHDs for testing websites with different Internet Explorer versions.

The Inquirer posted a story that Microsoft was also in the market to buy Motorola, according to reports.

Microsoft has released the following updates for Visio 2010: Microsoft Visio 2010 for Network Sample Diagram, Microsoft Visio 2010 for Space Planning, Microsoft Visio 2010 for Improving SOX Compliance, Microsoft Visio 2010 Template: Audit Process Diagram, Microsoft Visio 2010 for Help Desk Flow, Microsoft Visio 2010 Template for Data Center, Microsoft Visio 2010 Template: Application Architecture Pivot Diagrams, Microsoft Visio 2010 for Process Improvement, and Microsoft Visio 2010 Template for Enterprise Server Design.

With the Google announcement that it intends to buy Motorola Mobility, the Microsoft vs. Motorola patent battle just took a new turn.

WPCentral reports that the official RTM build of Mango (build 7720) has been leaked on the XDA forums

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1

Techradar posted an article on what gestures they expect to see in Windows 8

Neowin reports that Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says he is "bullish" on seeing the company's upcoming ARM based processor being used on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system

Microsoft has released a Hotfix for Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2.5 for IIS7

WPCentral got word that Microsoft employees can now get their phones updated to "Mango" 7720 starting today.

Neowin reports that the highly anticipated Mango update for the Windows Phone platform will be landing on September 1 according to multiple sources.

WinRumors posted a video that was revealed by Microsoft’s TellMe team at a SpeechTEK 2011 conference and demonstrates how speech recognition would work in future on tablets.

All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft plans to add new speech-centric capabilities to Microsoft and third-party products in the coming year-plus

PC World posted a news story that Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha says he would consider making and selling Windows Phone 7 devices.

PC World reports that Nokia is killing off its Symbian operating system in order to make way for Windows Phone 7.

Neowin posted a news story that a new report claims that users of Windows Phone 7 based devices in China are no longer able to update apps from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Techradar published a rumor roundup of the new xBox console

Neowin posted a news story that in a recent statistic report published by Forbes, Microsoft was ranked the 86th company in regards to being the most innovative, below Amazon, Apple and Google.

The unofficial Windows 8 Beta blog posted a news story that Dark Forces Team released a Custom ROM Mango Build for HTC’s first generation Windows Phones