Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft announced that HDInsight, its cloud-based distribution of Hadoop, is now generally available after spending over half a year in preview. Quentin Clark, vice president of Microsoft’s Data Platform Group, stated in an Oct. 28 blog post that reaching this stage “is an important milestone for Microsoft, as it’s part of our broader strategy to […]

NEW YORK—Lenovo unveiled two new Yoga tablets, low-cost Android slates that take a bit of a departure from the familiar, flat-as-a-board form factor that has ruled the device class. Taking the stage at the Helen Mills Theater at a press event in New York City, Jay Parker, Lenovo’s North American president, took aim at the […]

With less than a month before the Redmond, Wash.-based tech titan releases its next-generation Xbox, the company’s popular video game and streaming console, Microsoft is showing off the strides it has made to forge its software, cloud services and sensor technology into the multitasking, multimedia-savvy Xbox One. In a newly released promotional video from Microsoft, […]

In typical Apple fashion, the Cupertino, Calif.-based device maker dominated headlines this week with its new MacBook Pros, cylindrical Mac Pro desktop and its next-generation tablets, including the svelte and powerful full-sized iPad Air and the pixel-packed iPad Mini with Retina display. In addition, Apple announced some major freebies. OS X Mavericks, which breaks away […]

Microsoft announced on Oct. 24 that the company had generated revenue of $18.53 billion in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2014, a record for Microsoft. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker reported net income of $5.24 billion and earnings per share of $0.62, handily beating analyst estimates. Wall Street analysts expected Microsoft, which took […]

Leaving little doubt that Microsoft is serious about its transformation into an increasingly cloud-centric provider of “devices and services,” the company announced several new Windows Azure updates and enhancements aimed at enterprise customers. Windows Azure vice president Scott Guthrie announced the immediate availability of a “huge set of updates to Windows Azure” in an Oct. […]

Dynamics CRM 2013 is now available worldwide, a culmination of a weeks-long effort by Microsoft to launch the customer relationship management (CRM) suite across all regions. Sticking to the fall release timetable set back in July, Microsoft announced on Oct. 21 that the cloud-delivered version of Dynamics CRM 2013 is now available in 42 global […]

Ahead of officially launching its Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets on Oct. 22, Microsoft is readying a series of midnight events at select retail locations. In total, 10 Microsoft Stores will be hosting the events starting at 10 p.m. local time tonight, announced the company on Oct. 21. “We’ve worked hard to ensure […]

Microsoft did its part delivering Windows 8.1 several days before the one-year anniversary of the Windows 8 launch. Now the company’s hardware partners are stepping up with new tablets that leverage the operating system’s new capabilities. Oct. 17 marked the release of Windows 8.1, a free update for current Windows 8 users. The first batch […]

Nearly a year after Microsoft released its ambitious Windows 8 operating system, and steady stream of leaks, which eventually turned into confirmations and updates, Microsoft has officially released Windows 8.1 (code-named Windows Blue). The update, free to current Windows 8 users, is now available for download in the Windows Store, announced Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc […]