Andy Patrizio is a freelance technology writer based in Orange County, California. He's written for a variety of publications, ranging from Tom's Guide to Wired to Dr. Dobbs Journal, and has been on staff at IT publications like InternetNews, PC Week and InformationWeek.
The Windows Insider program has been an important program for Microsoft, soliciting feedback from thousands of individual customers to help with the development and debugging of Windows 10. Now the company has launched an equivalent program for corpo....
Microsoft's update to HoloLens is the first big update since the developer edition was released at Build, and it packs a lot
For a modest monthly fee you get five addresses plus more.
Despite virtually no news at Build, the company says it's sticking with the mobile OS.
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Changes will come to the File Explorer and the calendar.
Support is to end in 15 months but Lenovo wants more time.
Unwanted installs and ratting out the admin are the new strategy.
The business version will make conference calls much easier.
Support for the gaming and non-gaming versions of the sensor is going away.
The update known as Redstone will focus on "device convergence."
Seventy percent of the company's employees gave to more than 4,000 non-profits.
Dell and EMC are having trouble putting together the loans to move ahead with their proposed $67 billion merger, with VMware stock price playing a key role.
While Apple's iPad and Google's Android tablets struggle to sell, Microsoft's Surface and other Windows 10 tablets have seen strong growth of late.
A test of the most secure version of Windows 10 reportedly attempted to connect with a lot of outside services.
Tech recruiters say Apple has lost its appeal as the top destination for talent, as startups with less secretive culture and in more attractive locations become more attractive.
The new Brave browser is impressively fast for its early state. How does it stack up with Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 11 in speed and benchmark tests?
Former Apple and AMD chip developer Jim Keller will help Tesla improve its chip architecture.
IDC's new smartphone tracker shows Huawei, Lenovo, and Xiaomi are growing fast as Apple and Samsung look for new opportunities in a saturated market.
Ericsson and Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera announced they will roll out the world's first 5G networks in Stockholm, Sweden, and Tallinn, Estonia.
Microsoft has made the Skype real-time language translator available for Windows 7, 8, and 10, as well as iOS and Android. Here's how to download the Skype real-time language translator.
The 2016 State of Cloud report from BetterCloud found some encouraging signs for Microsoft, as Google continues to attract startups.
Despite the bugs and spying allegations surrounding Microsoft's Windows 10, enterprise IT is seeking out the new OS.
Microsoft has released the JavaScript code for its new Edge browser for Windows 10, and is even planning to port it to Linux.
Forbes has insisted that readers disable ad blocker software like Adblock Plus, but security researchers recently discovered malicious ads that would be blocked by the same software.
Microsoft is still pushing users to upgrade to Windows 10, this time through a pop-up window that offers two options: Upgrade or upgrade.
Microsoft's Translator app is now available for iOS and Android smartphones, tablets, and wearables, making it possible to have real-time conversations with people speaking different languages.
Microsoft releases Cortana for Android and iOS, HP may be testing a new Windows smartphone, and Huawei appears ready to enter the U.S. market. All this and more highlight smartphone news heading into the holiday shopping season.
YouTube's new ad-free service conflicts with Japanese copyright law. YouTube's response? Block the Japanese content from being viewed in the U.S.
New stats show Windows 10 usage has declined, despite its large installed base.
Microsoft announced it will open source the JavaScript engine for the new Edge web browser released with Windows 10.
Microsoft announced software updates to Dynamics CRM, Visual Studio 2015, SQL Server 2012, and Azure Container Service. Here's what you need to know.
HP announced it will resell Microsoft Azure cloud products, just weeks after shutting its own Helion Public Cloud service.
Project Astoria, Microsoft's plan to bring Android apps to Windows Phone smartphones, appears to be dead in the water.
Microsoft recently released its first major Windows 10 update, otherwise called Threshold 2 or Service Pack 1. Here's everything you need to know, from the most important new features to how to troubleshoot early problems reported by users.
Vivaldi, a Chrome-based browser with an Opera interface, has reached beta and added new features.
For the third time Microsoft has been caught trying to push Windows 10 upgrades to PCs running older versions of the OS. This time, the company blamed it on a bug. Here's how to see if Microsoft tried to push it to your PC.
Dell, HP, and Lenovo PC users are getting some strange advice from their support representatives, some who suggest uninstalling Windows 10 and reverting to Windows 8.
Loyal users are now maintaining the venerable OS, which is still used in places.
Early adopters of Microsoft's Surface Book laptop are reporting some troubling issues with the device.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is boasting impressive growth in the enterprise, a market that his legendary predecessor ignored.
Microsoft's Edge browser, the replacement for Internet Explorer introduced in Windows 10, won't get extensions until next year.
As Windows 10 and Windows Phone attempt to make up lost ground in the mobile market, Microsoft's head of its Windows Phone business is taking a year off.
A new study by Spiceworks shows businesses upgrading to Microsoft's Windows 10 much faster than they did with Windows 8.
Windows 10 growth rate slows in October
Microsoft's new push on Surface tablets, Lumia smartphones and other hardware has raised the ire of some PC makers, some of whom see renewed antitrust concerns as a result.
Microsoft recently announced that it will help replace bulky, outdated airline manuals with Surface 3 tablets for two new airlines.
Microsoft recently announced its Azure Data Lake and Azure Data Analytics, which will be based on a language called U-SQL.