Microsoft offers Windows 10 carrot, threatens with stick
Microsoft has extended the carrot. Later it will brandish the stick.
Microsoft has extended the carrot. Later it will brandish the stick.
Microsoft has released another update for Windows 10, but warned users with an Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) graphics chipset to expect "frequent crashes" of the new Edge browser.
Microsoft is linking Node.js to <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2911632/microsoft-windows/where-windows-10-stands-right-now.html">Windows 10</a> and the Internet of things, leveraging its <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2886313/javascript/microsoft-enlists-mozilla-to-speed-up-javascript-in-windows-10.html">Chakra JavaScript engine</a> to get Node.js running on Windows on ARM.
Microsoft on Friday retreated from earlier statements that owners of counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10 this summer.
Microsoft on Wednesday laid out the list of Windows 10 editions it will sell this summer, adding a new academic SKU, or stock keeping unit, and one for smartphones and smaller tablets in the enterprise.
Microsoft last week asked a federal court to let it serve a subpoena on Verizon to force the Internet provider to identify those behind a two-year scheme that allegedly activated hundreds of copies of Windows 7 illegally.
Microsoft yesterday announced Windows Update for Business as one way enterprises can manage the accelerated update and upgrade cadence of Windows 10 after it launches this summer.
Microsoft last week said it would defer revenue from the sales of Windows 10 licenses, a move that will affect its financials and trigger a meeting later this year to explain the ins and outs to Wall Street.
Microsoft executives last week further fleshed out the firm's "Windows as a service" strategy, an effort to shift money-making from the traditional practice of licensing the OS to one more reliant on revenue from search, games and apps.
Microsoft yesterday updated Windows 10 with the third refresh in the last 30 days.
It's no secret that Microsoft has had little success competing against Google Android or Apple iOS. But the PC software giant will give it another try with tools enabling developers to use code written for Android and iOS on Windows 10 devices.
Windows 10 is not a free upgrade, Microsoft said last week. It's a "marketing and promotional activity."
Microsoft on Wednesday released its seventh version of Windows 10's technical preview.
Microsoft last week continued to deliver automatic updates to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs to prep them for the summer upgrade to Windows 10.
Testers running Windows 10's preview must keep the OS relatively up to date or face a bricked PC that won't boot.