Pedro Hernandez

New details have emerged in the legal battle between Microsoft and Samsung over Android royalty payments. Manhattan federal court documents show that Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in fees last year as part of a 2011 licensing agreement. Nearly two years later, that agreement would be the source of tensions between the two tech giants. […]

U.S. law enforcement officials have nabbed four hackers that were accused of infiltrating the networks of Microsoft; video game makers Epic Games, Valve and Zombie Studios; and even the U.S. Army, announced the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The hackers, ranging in age from 18 to 28, were charged with stealing more than $100 million […]

Microsoft seems determined to make static, slide-based presentations a thing of the past. The company today unveiled Office Sway, a new app that enables users to create, publish and share interactive presentations that scale to fit a variety of screen sizes, from compact smartphones to spacious PC monitors. “It’s a new way for you to […]

MSN.com will soon start looking (and acting) different for its millions of users. Microsoft is currently in the process of switching over to a new design for the Website, the software giant’s contribution to the Web portal craze that gripped the industry in the 1990s. Acknowledging the explosive growth of mobile device usage, the company […]

Microsoft is once again shaking up its Windows naming scheme. The Redmond, Wash.-based company is skipping over Windows 9. Seemingly eager to put Windows 8 well behind it, Microsoft announced that the upcoming version of the company’s flagship operating system, codenamed “Threshold,” would be instead called Windows 10. The OS update will be Microsoft’s most […]

In a bid to stem the rise of malware-aided fraud, particularly online, Microsoft is lending the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) a helping hand, the tech giant announced Sept. 29. Trading in their guns and ski masks for PCs, today’s bank robbers are fleecing banks and their customers from behind keyboards, according […]

One of tech’s biggest rivalries is spilling into one of New York City’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Weeks after a local newspaper first reported that Microsoft was eyeing a ritzy Manhattan address, the company announced Sept. 29 that it was indeed opening up a new flagship store on Fifth Avenue, home to a string of high-end […]

Weeks after releasing Delve (formerly Oslo), an intelligent information discovery app for Office 365, Microsoft has begun rolling out its new Groups social collaboration feature for the productivity suite, the company announced. Similar to the Groups functionality in Yammer, Groups in Office 365 allows colleagues to participate in discussions and work collaboratively on files. Microsoft […]

Microsoft is making it cheaper to move business workloads to the cloud. In a brief Sept. 25 statement, Claire Fang, director of Microsoft Azure Business Planning, announced that the software giant had slashed prices on dozens of Azure cloud computing services. “We understand that economics are a key driver in our customers’ move to the […]

Hacked Websites are not just a nuisance for Webmasters; they can spew malware, causing headaches for visitors. To help prevent the spread of malicious code online, Microsoft has improved its algorithm for detecting hacked Websites, the software giant announced. Providing a behind-the-scenes look at how the company spots compromised Websites, Igor Rondel, principal development manager, […]

Skype users can now place Skype calls without first tucking into a quiet corner. Microsoft announced in a Skype Big Blog post that the company has added advanced audio processing technology to its VoIP communications software that promises to deliver clearer voice communications in challenging conditions. With the latest versions of Skype, “you’ll be able […]

Find an Office 365 vulnerability. Get paid. Mirroring the ongoing shift from packaged software to cloud computing in the workplace, Microsoft has launched a new Online Services Bug Bounty program that awards security researchers with cash when they discover flaws in the company’s Web applications. First up is Office 365. Announcing the launch of the […]