Pedro Hernandez

Project Catapult, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) project established in 2011 by Microsoft, is starting to pay off for users of the company’s services, according the Redmond, Wash., software giant. Microsoft today shared a behind-the-scenes look at how FPGA technology is transforming its Bing search engine and helping to accelerate Azure workloads. FPGAs, as the […]

It’s been more than two months since Microsoft rolled out the Anniversary Update to Windows 10 devices. This week, Surface Hub is getting in on the action. The company announced on Oct. 13 that the feature-packed update for Surface Hub is currently being released through Windows Update. It may take a while for customers to […]

Microsoft is setting the stage for an expansion of its internet of things efforts into Asia. The company on Oct. 14 announced the launch of its new IoT Innovation Center in Taiwan, a technology hub meant to bring together experts, industry partners and academia to advance the state of the internet of things in the […]

Microsoft Azure Government, a collection of cloud software and services for government agencies, has racked up numerous certifications confirming that the platform meets the security requirements imposed by the U.S. federal government. That’s not enough to cut through the red tape for potential customers trying to implement security controls for their cloud environments. Microsoft’s solution […]

Microsoft launched Windows Server 2016 during last month’s Ignite conference, offering customers evaluation copies of the operating system. This week, those customers can finally download the fully licensed version of the system software and start the process of deploying it in production environments, said Mark Jewett, senior director of product marketing at Microsoft Cloud Platform. […]

Power BI, Microsoft’s cloud-based business intelligence and analytics product, can now help businesses determine whether their workers are using Office 365 to its full potential. This week, the software giant rolled out a limited preview of its new Office 365 Adoption Content Pack, providing organizations with a data-driven look into the impact of their Office […]

Microsoft’s HoloLens Development Edition augmented reality headset has been shipping to American and Canadian customers since late March. Soon, developers from other select areas of the world will be able to take the technology for a spin, the company announced Oct. 12. Interested developers in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom […]

Dynamics 365, Microsoft’s new cloud-based business application platform, will be generally available next month, the software giant announced Oct. 11. “Dynamics 365, and many of these new capabilities, will be available to customers in more than 135 markets and over 40 languages, beginning November 1,” said Takeshi Numoto, corporate vice president of Microsoft Cloud and […]

Skype users can now add Russian to the list of languages the software’s real-time translation service can interpret for them. “Russian is the eighth most popular spoken language in the world and our Russian-speaking customers around the world have always been particularly enthusiastic about Skype Translator,” announced Microsoft in an Oct. 11 blog post. “For […]

What new hardware does Microsoft have in store? Area media outlets may soon find out when Microsoft kicks off its Windows 10 event on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in New York City. The company sent out invitations to tech insiders late last week. For everyone else, the company will be livestreaming the proceedings. The event is […]

A big change is coming to Windows on PCs that have 3.5 gigabytes of RAM or more. It’s not uncommon for PCs today to be outfitted with several gigabytes of RAM. A quick scan of an online retailer’s desktop computer listings yields several budget models with at least 4GB of system memory and even midrange […]

Microsoft started rolling out an update to its Yammer business-focused social platform on Oct. 7 that enables teams to create and work together on Office files. “With [the Oct. 7] announcement, users can now create Office documents such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel and co-author them with their team from within a Yammer group,” wrote […]