Microsoft found itself dealing with questions over whether Windows Mobile 7, its rumored operating system for smartphones, would indeed make an appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. At the same time, Microsoft found itself donating money and employee skill-sets to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, and faced the prospect that a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer was exploited by Chinese hackers to cyber-attack Google and a number of other U.S. companies.
– Microsoft’s week involved a fresh spate of rumors involving
Windows Mobile 7, widely regarded as the companys best hope to either retard or
reverse its market-share erosion in the smartphone space, where it faces
competition from the likes of Apple’s iPhone, RIM’s BlackBerry, and other
determine…