Eric Hautala -- the cog in the Microsoft machine responsible for Windows Phone 7's update mechanism -- has taken to the company's official Windows Phone blog today to deep-dive on some of the concerns, problems, and delays that have dogged the platform's updates so far.

ENGADGET: Microsoft taking 'extra time' to make sure Windows Phone 7 copy and paste update is solid, targeting late March

T-Mobile and Microsoft have unleashed a new Windows Phone 8 update (version 8.0.10211.204, if you must know) to polish the OS for HTC 8X devices.

ENGADGET: T-Mobile HTC 8X gets Windows Phone 8 update packing text messaging and WiFi tweaks

Windows users alone see the second update, which integrates SkyDrive with right-click contextual menus for much faster sharing.

ENGADGET: SkyDrive gains selective syncing and right-click sharing on the desktop, searching on mobile (video)

The company promised an update to its mobile Windows Phone 7 operating system that will add copy-paste functionality and the ability to switch between apps more quickly.

CNN: Microsoft tries to redefine the couch potato

Kinect for Windows is getting a big SDK update on March 18th to version 1.7 -- Redmond's calling it "our most significant update to the SDK since we released the first version" -- which includes the long awaited 3D object scanning application Kinect Fusion.

ENGADGET: Kinect for Windows SDK gets significant update on March 18, includes Kinect Fusion and Interactions

Thousands of computers running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system were unable to connect to the internet after installing an anti-virus update.

BBC: Kaspersky anti-virus cuts web access of thousands of PCs