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Microsoft Releases Its Latest Non-Windows Phone App: OneNote for Android

Microsoft on Tuesday released OneNote for Android, the latest in a string of app releases for non-Microsoft mobile operating systems. OneNote was one of Microsoft’s first iPhone releases, and joins a growing stable of apps in the Android Market and iTunes App Store.

Microsoft Cranks Out Two More iPhone Apps: Kinectimals and SkyDrive

Redmond has released four iOS apps this week alone in a sign it is not placing all its mobile eggs in the Windows Phone basket.
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Microsoft Releases More Mobile Apps for Other People’s Devices

While still doing its most extensive work for Windows Phone, Microsoft brings more of its business software to Android and iOS.
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Shedding Light on E-Reader Glare

Walt answers a reader’s question about which e-reader is best for someone with light-sensitive eyes.

Microsoft Considering Whether to Bring Office to Apple’s Mac App Store

Microsoft says it continues to be pleased with sales of the Mac version of Office, but has not yet decided whether to offer the product or any of its components in the Mac version of the App Store, which launched earlier this month. “It’s something we are looking at,” Microsoft’s Amanda Lefebvre told Mobilized.

Microsoft Brings the First Piece of Office to the iPhone: OneNote

Bowing to market reality, Redmond is offering a version of its note-taking program that will run on Apple’s iPhone. The app will be free for a limited time, Microsoft said.

Microsoft’s New Windows Phone 7: Novel But Lacking

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system has a novel and attractive interface, but it lacks key features now common in its rivals’ phones, writes Walt.

Microsoft Office Simplified For the Web

Walt reviews the simplified Microsoft Office that’s free and online.

Inside Google’s Cellphone Operating System

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Google’s upcoming cellphone operating system, Microsoft Office for the Mac and methods for backing up Outlook Express emails.

Bold Redesign Improves Office 2007

The latest version of Microsoft Office, called Office 2007 and due out Jan. 30, is a radical revision, the most dramatic overhaul in a decade or more. (Video) Plus, Mossberg’s Mailbox.