Microsoft boots Windows Phone manager following mini-review of Nokia’s Mango handset

The man who previously led the development of IE Mobile for Windows Phone is no longer with Microsoft, whose termination followed a series of tweets regarding one of Nokia's unreleased Mango handsets. A representative of Ballmer & Co. has confirmed to us "that Joe Marini no longer works at Microsoft," and while the company refuses to discuss the details of his termination, you be the judge. In his first tweet, Mr. Marini expressed glowing enthusiasm for the device, ...
Kyocera Echo added to Sprint End of Life listing

Earlier this month Sprint updated its End of Life listing, signaling an end to the HTC EVO 4G, BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Sanyo Innuendo. Now it looks like the phones will be given another month on the shelf but we’ll be seeing an additional phone added to the EOL list: the Kyocera Echo. Despite being less than a year old, it looks like the phone hasn’t caught on long enough to ...
Introducing Engadget Distro!

Say hello to Engadget Distro. At its most molecular level, it's nothing more than a series of ones and zeros, cobbled together in a compiler and made to look like words and images on Apple's iPad. But in reality, it's something far greater -- something that the entire Engadget staff couldn't be more proud to have their names on. Distro is the week in technology news, distilled down and reformatted into a beautiful, offline view that can be enjoyed anywhere. You know, like one ...
Asylum Door scare the candy out of trick-or-treaters

Halloween’s coming at the end of next month, and you will have yet another chance to introduce even more exotic brands of candy to trick-or-treaters who turn up in front of your doorstep – not to mention the joys of having a cavity being filled and the plague of plaque. If you aren’t the social type, then there is the Asylum Door device which will definitely raise the creepy factor in your abode.
The Asylum Door is self-explanatory – it sports a ...
Stable release of Chrome 14 out now, brings a few upgrades for Lion users

The very latest software goodness from Google has arrived, with Chrome hitting its 14th iteration (celebration, anyone?). This one gives Mac OS X Lion users a little something extra, with access to overlay scrollbars within the browser. Chrome can also can also upsize itself now -- accessible with a tap of the full-screen button or the more conventional Ctrl+Shift+F. The new web audio API gives developers the ability to add fancy sound effects and adjustments, whilst native client is an open-source addition; though this ...
Microsoft App Store Approach for Windows 8 Metro Apps

It’s hard to deny that the (Apple) App Store is not a huge success, and it looks like Microsoft is taking a page from Apple’s book, as it announced at the BUILD conference this week that Windows 8 will have an app store that users will have to use in order to purchase/download content for the tablet. Fortunately it’s only going to be for the Metro UI version of Windows 8 – “Classic” Windows 8 will still have ...