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Richard Stallman: Windows OS is malware
Review: Windows 10 Insider Preview -- a nearly finished OS
INSIDER First look: Windows Server 2016 goes on a cloud diet
Windows 10: Which classic Microsoft default apps should be killed?
Microsoft offers Windows 10 carrot, threatens with stick
Malware tricks users to elevate privileges, pwnage via Windows User Access Control
Weighing your options with Microsoft's Windows servers
Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client
Gartner: Amazon's cloud is 10x bigger than its next 14 competitors, combined
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Solving the O365 Mobility Puzzle
If you're migrating from an existing on-premise Exchange environment -or setting up Office 365 for a new set of users- you'll need to address how to handle users accessing Office 365 from mobile devices. Read this eGuide now to discover how you can simplify the migration and deployment process around Office 365 to mobile devices. Learn more
Richard Stallman: Windows OS is malware
Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, said Windows and OS X are malware, Amazon's Kindle has an Orwellian back door, and only an idiot would trust the Internet of Things. Read More
Review: Windows 10 Insider Preview -- a nearly finished OS
Microsoft has been racing to put the final touches on Windows 10 before its expected release date in late July. There have been three public updates in the last month: Builds 10061, 10074 and 10122. At this point, the interface and features for the new operating system are essentially set. Read More
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First look: Windows Server 2016 goes on a cloud diet
Windows Server 2016 is both an evolution of the current Windows Server 2012 R2 release and a revolution in the making. Read More
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Windows 10: Which classic Microsoft default apps should be killed?
Based on what we've seen in Microsoft's Windows 10 preview editions, here's our take on which classic apps should be kept and which should be killed when the final version of Windows 10 ships. Read More
Microsoft offers Windows 10 carrot, threatens with stick
Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for the first year after its release. But once those 12 months are over, users will have to purchase a retail copy of the OS or license it through a volume deal, according to a briefly-available blog post by Microsoft's Australian arm. Read More
Malware tricks users to elevate privileges, pwnage via Windows User Access Control
Microsoft described the Windows User Account Control (UAC) security feature as helping "defend your PC against hackers and malicious software. Any time a program wants to make a major change to your computer, UAC lets you know and asks for permission." Read More
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Weighing your options with Microsoft's Windows servers
In the course of this year, almost 10 million antiquated Windows Server 2003 servers will have their applications and data removed and deployed on new servers, and the old servers will be shut down and disposed of. It is a natural assumption that the destination servers will be Server 2012, but that's not necessarily the case, nor should it be. Read More
Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client
A document purported to be a Microsoft-confidential memo has popped up on Twitter that says the company is looking to revamp Outlook to make it almost like an instant messenger. Read More
Gartner: Amazon's cloud is 10x bigger than its next 14 competitors, combined
Amazon Web Service's IaaS cloud is big. Really big. Biggest in the market. In fact, it's bigger than all of its other competitors' clouds, by a lot. Read More
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