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Maker of ‘GWX Control Panel’ tool reports that Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs receiving upgrade as pre-selected ‘Optional’ item in Windows Update Microsoft has begun to deliver the Windows 10 upgrade to eligible Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs through Windows Update, making good on an October announcement. A company spokeswoman confirmed that the Windows […]
The cloud pricing race to the bottom continues Good news for businesses using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform: their infrastructure bills may be shrinking come February. Microsoft announced that it will be permanently reducing the prices for its Dv2 compute instances by up to 17 percent next month, depending on the type of instance and what […]
Wipe that smug look off your face, Apple owners, Microsoft products are a lot safer For years, Apple users taunted Windows users for all of the malware and security vulnerabilities that plagued the various Windows operating systems. Well, things have changed a bit. Mac OS and iOS now have more vulnerabilities than Windows. The tabulation […]
2015 technology industry graveyard Cisco, Microsoft, Google and others bury outdated technologies to move ahead with new ones. Ba-bye The Technology Industry Graveyard is pretty darn full in 2015, and we’re not even including the near-dead such as RadioShack and Microsoft’s IE browser. Pay your respects here… GrooveShark The self-described “World’s Music Library” is no […]
A Microsoft Linux distribution would be remarkable, but Redmond says it doesn’t have one. Late last week, hell had apparently frozen over with the news that Microsoft had developed a Linux distribution of its own. The work was done as part of the company’s Azure cloud platform, which uses Linux-based network switches as part of […]
The company has refused to turn over to the government the emails stored in Ireland A dispute between Microsoft and the U.S. government over turning over emails stored in a data center in Ireland comes up for oral arguments in an appeals court in New York on Wednesday. Microsoft holds that an outcome against it […]
General vibe of the new OS remains positive, say analysts Microsoft has done a good job rolling out Windows 10 in the first two weeks, analysts said today, and the general vibe for Windows 8’s replacement has been positive, even though glitches have dampened some enthusiasm. “If I had to give Microsoft a letter grade, […]
Microsoft has acquired Incent Games and plans to integrate the Texas startup’s FantasySalesTeam sales-gamification software into Dynamics CRM. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Adding the fantasy sports component to its CRM offering will give companies a tool to make incentive programs for sales staff more engaging, according to Bob Stutz, corporate vice president […]
Third consecutive quarter of double-digit declines, but CEO is confident Windows 10 will ‘restore growth’ Microsoft on Tuesday said that Windows revenue again declined by double digits, the third straight such quarter, with sales of licenses to computer makers down 22% from the same period last year. For the June quarter, Windows revenue from OEMs […]
Microsoft talks up release cadence rings within the consumer-oriented Current Branch; promises at least one fast, one slower Microsoft’s top operating system executive today confirmed that the two main Windows 10 update and upgrade “branches” will offer customers multiple “rings,” or tempos, that they can select to receive changes quickly or after they’ve been tested […]