Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft had a momentous day Feb.4, with the announcement that Satya Nadella, its cloud chief and a 22-year veteran of the company, had taken the helm of the software giant as its new CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer. It also marked a return, of sorts, for Bill Gates. The company used the occasion to announce that […]

A new CEO isn’t the only big news Microsoft is sharing today. Microsoft announced Feb. 4 that it is improving access to its technology and cutting the cost of acquiring Windows-based products for U.S. public schools in support of ConnectED, an Obama administration initiative that seeks to align the nation’s K-12 educational system with the […]

Microsoft has a new CEO and a reshuffled board of directors. The software giant today announced that Satya Nadella has taken over as CEO from Steve Ballmer. A 22-year Microsoft veteran, Nadella steps into the top spot as the company’s former head of the cloud and enterprise software. “During this time of transformation, there is […]

Microsoft is rolling out Windows Intune updates this week, ushering in new cloud-based mobile-device management (MDM) capabilities, including support for rival mobile operating systems. First introduced in 2010, Windows Intune is the company’s cloud IT management platform. Mirroring the IT market’s dramatic shift toward mobile devices, the PC-centric offering has expanded to include support for […]

A leaked build of Update 1 for Windows 8.1 has hit file-sharing sites, and early adopters are discovering a number of changes aimed at making the operating system more palatable to PC users. One of the biggest criticisms lobbied against Windows 8.1, and its predecessor Windows 8, is that the traditional desktop has taken a […]

Industry disrupter is not a term that is widely used to describe Microsoft these days. But during much of eWEEK’s 30 years of covering the IT industry’s pulse, particularly the 1990s and early 2000s, the company—first headed by CEO Bill Gates—was often exactly that. The software maker from Redmond, Wash., was undeniably instrumental in helping […]

Developers who make their apps available on Microsoft’s Windows Store now have new options that offer them more control over an app’s availability. The updates to Microsoft app marketplace also include simplified certification requirements. Keith Senzel, principal group program manager, Windows Store Dashboard, detailed the changes in a Windows App Builder Blog post. On Jan. […]

Last year, a court in the United Kingdom ruled that the SkyDrive brand, Microsoft’s cloud storage product, infringed on the British Sky Broadcasting Group’s (BSkyB) trademarks. BSkyB agreed to allow Microsoft to use the SkyDrive brand until the software giant could launch a global rebranding effort. Today, that process is nearing its completion, indicated Microsoft. […]

Microsoft’s Surface tablet, while not setting sales records, is looking like less of a dud. After markets closed on Jan. 23, the company announced a record-setting second quarter. The company generated $24.52 billion in sales in the three months ending Dec. 31, 2013, and beat the Street with earnings of $0.78 per share on profits […]

Resource-intensive software and malware infestations aren’t the only things that push PC processors to their limits. Buggy software can also overtax CPUs. Microsoft found itself in just such a situation after some Skype for Windows 6.11 desktop users found that the software was pushing their processors harder than usual. Designed as an “always on” Internet […]