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Chrome OS: Tips, tools, and other Chromebook intelligence
Your one-stop source for Chrome OS advice, insight, and analysis — from someone who's covered Chromebooks closely since the start.
Microsoft starts nagging Windows 7 Pro users about end of support
As the January end-of-support deadline for the aged OS approaches, Microsoft is ramping up efforts to get users to move to Windows 10.
Windows 10 update (and retirement) calendar: Mark these dates
Microsoft is releasing new versions of Windows 10 on a set schedule – and just as regularly retiring older versions from support. Here are all the dates you need to know about through Windows 7's retirement in 2020 and beyond.
Windows 10: It's complicated
Think fast: How many versions of Windows 10 are there now, how often do they get updated and how long will Microsoft support them? You almost need a spreadsheet to keep track — and that's a problem.
Microsoft preps service pack-esque Windows 10 1909 for release
The newly renamed 'Windows 10 November 2019 Update' is nearing release. But given the company's past naming conventions, it might not show up until November.
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Microsoft prods customers with Windows 10 retirement dates
The last update for Windows 10 Enterprise 1703 and Windows 10 Education 1703 arrived on Tuesday.
Wayback Wednesday: Twice as nice
But how long was this guy able to avoid computers?
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Windows 10: Answering your most important questions | TECH(talk)
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis are back to answer your questions about Windows 10.
Microsoft's plan to ignore Windows 10 1809 worked
Remember the problematic rollout of last year's fall update to Windows 10? Microsoft would just as soon forget it happened, and hopes users do, too.
Microsoft Surface: Saving the future of PCs
Microsoft’s new Surface products will force the industry to rethink how PCs are designed and built. This design process change effectively takes the market back to where it always should have been – where those closest to the customer...
What ever happened with that float, anyway?
You can’t escape your destiny, summer job edition.
Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 continues to cannibalize Windows 7
Windows 10's share of all PCs rose 1.4 percentage points in September as users continued to shift away from Windows 7 ahead of a January end-of-support deadline.
Microsoft gives Windows 10 1903 the 'go' sign for business, four months after release
The business-ready milestone is designed to give enterprises confidence that 1903 is both stable and reliable and can be widely deployed.
Microsoft Patch Alert: Botched IE zero-day patch leaves cognoscenti fuming
September’s surprise zero-day patch for Internet Explorer hole CVE-2019-1367 – released, but not released, then pushed sporadically, but only in preview, and never explained – leads us straight to the bottom of the barrel once again.
How WiFi 6 and 5G will force the merger of PCs and smartphones
Once you can provide a high-bandwidth, low-latency solution that meets or exceeds a wired connection, you can move into the cloud – and that will force a revolutionary change in hardware design.
Surprise! Windows 10 version 1903 declared 'ready for broad deployment'
With several known and well-documented bugs still cluttering things up, Microsoft late Thursday declared Win10 version 1903 as ready for business deployment. Hard to tell if it’s a declaration of stability, or a pre-1909-release...
It's time to squirrel away a clean copy of Win10 version 1903
If you’re running any version of Windows other than version 1903, now’s an excellent time to store away a clean copy. It’s easy, free, and (depending on your internet speed) won’t take long. You never know when it’ll be useful.
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