Steven Hodson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson is the Media Editor for SiliconANGLE, and is a long time computer and Internet watcher having seen both develop for the cutting edge days of the XT right through to the mobile revolution. He has also spent many years writing about our world's fascination with technology and social media often with a critical eye, both on his own for sites like Mashable and The Inquistr. He currently spends his time recovering from tech and social media overload by hanging out with, and writing about, geeks and the things they love.

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Microsoft’s Belfiore Sorry for Appearing Insensitive with Windows Phone Statements

By Steven Hodson Mar 28, 2011

n a Channel 9 interview on March 25, Joe Belfiore made a few statements regarding the whole update mess that is plaguing Windows Phone 7 that saw quite a bit of backlash right across…

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Microsoft Launches a “Where’s My Phone” Page for Windows Phone 7 Users

By Steven Hodson Mar 24, 2011

Where’s My Phone Update page -select local (click for bigger view) For as much promise that Windows Phone 7 held for both Microsoft and consumers, the smartphone platform is facing a lot of negative…

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Microsoft Goes on the Offensive, Shuts Down the Biggest E-Mail Spam Botnet

By Steven Hodson Mar 18, 2011

30 million spam emails a day. That is how many that the Rustock email spamming network was putting out until it suddenly went dark, and Internet security experts didn’t have a clue as to…

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Talk About an Update Dance – All Versions of Internet Explorer in 8 Minutes

By Steven Hodson Mar 17, 2011

A few weeks ago we saw the video of Andrew Tait as he upgraded every version of Windows from DOS to Windows 7 go viral on the web. Well he’s back folks and this…

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Zune Desktop and Podcasts: A Bit of a Mess

By Steven Hodson Mar 17, 2011

I am a big fan of the Zune Desktop application, and for the most part it works pretty flawlessly. For the most part. Except when it comes to podcasts for some reason. I have…

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Microsoft Ups its Donation to #SupportJapan

By Steven Hodson Mar 14, 2011

Over the weekend there was a big kerfuffle following a tweet posted by Bing where they were willing to donate $1 for every retweet of their original message up to a maximum of $100,000.…

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Nevermind that Silly Sheen #tigerblood, Bing’s Bringing #kittenblood to SXSW

By Steven Hodson Mar 11, 2011

For those of you that have been hiding out under a rock, you might not have heard that there is a really big tech event going in Austin Texas this coming week. It’s something…

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Microsoft Still Accounting for Workers in Japanese Earthquake Aftermath

By Steven Hodson Mar 11, 2011

The earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 has been devastating for the country on the whole, and as it tries to pick up the pieces, companies like Microsoft are assessing the damage…

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Microsoft to Keep IE Developer Previews Flowing until Internet Explorer 10

By Steven Hodson Mar 11, 2011

This is definitely a change of pace for Microsoft, but according to Tom Warren at Winrumors Microsoft plans on keeping up with the developer previews of their future work on Internet Explorer even though…

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Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Trial Apps proving to Be Successful

By Steven Hodson Mar 8, 2011

On March 8, 2011 the Windows Phone Developer Blog posted about some changes that have been made when it comes to the Marketplace policies as well as some regional access info and general tips.…

Steven Hodson

Microsoft’s Belfiore Sorry for Appearing Insensitive with Windows Phone Statements

Microsoft Launches a “Where’s My Phone” Page for Windows Phone 7 Users

Microsoft Goes on the Offensive, Shuts Down the Biggest E-Mail Spam Botnet

Talk About an Update Dance – All Versions of Internet Explorer in 8 Minutes

Zune Desktop and Podcasts: A Bit of a Mess

Microsoft Ups its Donation to #SupportJapan

Nevermind that Silly Sheen #tigerblood, Bing’s Bringing #kittenblood to SXSW

Microsoft Still Accounting for Workers in Japanese Earthquake Aftermath

Microsoft to Keep IE Developer Previews Flowing until Internet Explorer 10

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Trial Apps proving to Be Successful

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