Microsoft publishes first Law Enforcement Requests Report

03/21, 1:58pm

United States, United Kingdom performs most requests

Microsoft has published its first Law Enforcement Requests Report, showing how many requests for customer data it received from various security agencies around the world. The effort by Microsoft for transparency, part of its Global Human Rights Statement, mirrors a similar effort by Google and its Transparency Report, with both attempting to demonstrate which governments want to affect the Internet and its users the most.

Briefly: Surface update, Dropbox 100M, Google takedowns

11/13, 5:34pm

Microsoft issues software update for Surface RT

Microsoft has issued a software update for its Surface RT device, the first for the device since it launched last month. The update is said to improve app launch times and to patch a number of known security issues with Windows RT. It does not apparently, though, address an audio stuttering issue that has been pointed out on the device.