Word of the release of the tools came in a blog posted by Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone 7. Developers will have to download the final version of the tools, Watson said, because any app ...

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At a Las Vegas conference, Microsoft shows how developers can write software for the new Windows Phone 7 Series devices, due out later this year. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...