The mother of all cooking holidays is fast approaching, but you don't have to let it stress you out. Thanks to technology, you can keep your kitchen in order and clutter-free. Take it from the Food Network's Iron Chef America star, Alex Guarnaschelli — she's partnered up with Microsoft to mix food and tech to help you move gracefully from Thanksgiving to Christmas and beyond, without burning Read more

Microsoft and Southwest Airlines are teaming up to bring the traditional holiday portrait session directly to you in a place they know you'll end up this season — the airport. Beginning Dec. 13, Picture Perfect Holiday photo kiosks will be available at Southwest gates throughout 21 airports nationwide. In the program's second year of operation, travelers can opt to take a photo with Santa Read more

AT&T announced today that its entire collection of Windows phones would be getting an upgrade to Mango 7.5 this Fall. Plus, there will be three new Windows phones to choose from — the Samsung Focus S, Samsung Focus Flash, and HTC Titan — later this year. Though Windows phone users seem to be few and far between, when compared to those smartphone users that pledge allegiance to iOS, Read more

Good news gaming fans: major tech players Sony and Microsoft are tempting you to buy their products this Fall by throwing gaming units in with the purchase of qualifying computers. Students who are also Xbox 360 fans can select from a nicely priced ($700 or more) Windows 7 Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, or Toshiba laptop or desktop to qualify for a free Xbox 360 console. Better yet, you don't even have Read more

Yesterday's Microsoft E3 press briefing gave us a look at what's to come in the next year for Xbox, and I gotta say — it's looking pretty good, folks. Though the presentation brought a ton of new titles (but very little launch dates), there were some standout games that I can't wait to see more of. Check out which ones below, then tell me your favorites in the comments! Tomb Raider — This Read more

Microsoft announced its latest operating system yesterday, which will hit devices "later this year." Dubbed Mango, the OS update will come with a whopping 500 new features, which will be centered around communication, social connectivity, and the Internet. Although Microsoft didn't unveil all 500 latest features to come with Mango, here are a few standouts I think you'll love. Hands-free — Read more

Located in Redmond, WA, Microsoft's Home of the Future isn't open to the public. It's a closed campus used for researchers testing concepts like the living Surface wall. Read more

Microsoft Bing quickly backed away from their Japan Quake Twitter campaign once the outrage began from Twitter users. On Saturday, its official Twitter account, @bing, said they would donate a $1 for every retweet they get of their pledge to donate up to $100,000. Some users started fuming and saw it as "exploitation" of tragic events happening in Japan. "just write the goddam cheque and cut out Read more