Pedro Hernandez

Windows Insiders, members of Microsoft’s beta testing program, can finally get some hands-on time with Project Spartan, the company’s next-generation Web browser. “Today, we’re excited to announce that Project Spartan is available for the first time for Windows Insiders to try out as part of the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build for PCs,” said […]

Microsoft today took the wraps off the Surface 3, a 10.8-inch tablet that, unlike its Windows RT predecessors, runs the full x86 version of Windows 8.1 like its 12-inch stablemate, last year’s Surface Pro 3. Unlike the WiFi-only Surface Pro 3, however, the Surface 3 will be available with 4G cellular connectivity. Panos Panay, corporate […]

Microsoft is preparing to significantly increase the number of smartphones supported by its upcoming Windows 10 operating system. In February, Microsoft kicked off a preview of Windows 10 for smartphones, a major guidepost in the company’s journey toward a single OS that encompasses multiple device classes. The downside was that it supported just six Lumia […]

Microsoft today made good on the pledge it made back in October to include mobile device management (MDM) features with Office 365 early this year. “Today, we are pleased to offer the general availability of MDM capabilities for Office 365,” said Shobhit Sahay, technical product manager for Microsoft Office 365, in a March 30 announcement. […]

Microsoft received 31,002 requests for customer data from the world’s governments from July to December 2014, bringing its total for the year to 65,496, down from 72,279 in 2013, the company announced today. In total, more than 111,000 accounts were affected last year. In terms of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders and National Security […]

BlackBerry’s software is a bright spot for the embattled smartphone maker as it tries to orchestrate a turnaround. The Canadian device and secure messaging software provider today announced revenue of $660 million for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 28, missing analyst estimates of $734.5 million. During the quarter, 1.6 million BlackBerry smartphones […]

Microsoft has reached a major milestone in its bid to gather support for the company’s health and fitness tracking wearable, the Band. The company has released the Band SDK (software development kit) preview and sample code for iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system, a month after releasing versions for Android and Windows Phone. The SDK includes […]

Salt, the popular open-source DevOps tool, has come to Microsoft Azure. After demonstrating the technology on Azure during SaltConf15 in Salt Lake City earlier this month, Kundana Palagiri, senior program manager for Microsoft Azure, announced today in a statement that the project “has released a single click solution for deploying SaltStack Enterprise on Azure from […]

Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory (AD) connect tool, currently in preview, has received an update with functionality targeting administrators that plan to take a measured approach to rolling out their own single sign-on environments. As its name suggests, Azure AD Connect is software that links on-premise Windows Server Active Directory with its cloud-based alternative Azure AD, […]

Since Edward Snowden lifted the veil on the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) extensive spying capabilities, Microsoft has emerged as an outspoken critic of the government’s intelligence-gathering tactics. Today, the Redmond, Wash.-based tech titan is once again imploring government leaders to rein in the NSA. “Today, Microsoft and members of the Reform Government Surveillance coalition, […]