Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft has added yet another developer-friendly feature to the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. On Aug. 2, the operating system update will bring the Bash Unix shell and support for Docker-compatible Hyper-V containers. Developers and power users may also notice an enhanced Developer Mode with new options available in Windows settings. The new Developer Mode […]

This month’s updates to Power BI, Microsoft’s cloud-based business intelligence data visualization and exploration tool, includes new tools that enable users to customize how dashboards are viewed on smartphones in portrait mode. “In the phone view editor, you can unpin tiles, resize and re-order them as you’d like,” wrote Romi Koifman, a Microsoft Power BI […]

Microsoft generated $22.6 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, beating Wall Street analyst estimates by nearly a half-billion dollars. Analysts had expected the Redmond, Wash., technology giant to rack up sales of $22.14 billion. Net income of $5.5 billion, or 69 cents per share, handily surpassed analyst estimates of 58 cents […]

Microsoft wants businesses to upload, share and search for videos with the same ease that consumers distribute and consume content on YouTube and similar platforms. On Tuesday, the company kicked off a free preview of its Microsoft Stream service. “Starting today, anyone with a business email address can sign up for the preview in seconds […]

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update won’t be the only major release from Microsoft on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Microsoft announced July 18 that it plans to start selling the 2TB Xbox One S Launch Edition, a slimmed-down version of the company’s video game console, on Aug. 2. Customers who preordered the $399 system will receive their […]

The Windows 10 free upgrade offer expires on July 29 and Microsoft is incentivizing holdouts with some last-minute perks. The company has launched a Windows 10 Upgrade Challenge program at its brick-and-mortar stores, offering customers a free Dell laptop if Microsoft staffers fail to complete a same-day Windows 10 upgrade on compatible systems. “If your […]

Microsoft’s elastic cloud data warehousing offering, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, is finally generally available, the software giant announced on July 14. The solution was first announced during the company’s Build 2015 developer conference and spent over a year in beta. Now customers can create data warehouses that dynamically grow and shrink to accommodate their query […]

While Skype on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android now sports a more modern look and feel, time has stood still on the Linux side of the fence for two years. Skype 4.3 for Linux was released in June 2014 without a major update since. Meanwhile, there has been no shortage of updates and user interface […]

During its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto this week, Microsoft took the wraps off an online “learning-as-a-service” program that will teach professionals the skills required for today’s technology-focused, in-demand jobs. Based on the Azure-hosted Open edX online education platform, the software giant’s new Microsoft Professional Degree (MPD) program will “offer employer-endorsed, university caliber curriculum for […]

Microsoft scored a big legal victory today in a closely watched court case with data privacy implications for individuals and businesses around the world. On July 14, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York reversed an earlier District Court ruling that ordered Microsoft to turn over Outlook.com emails sought […]