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Every year Microsoft offers a bunch of great new ebooks for you to download for free, and that time has arrived once again.
Right now you can click here to visit Microsoft’s blog and download the titles that interest you. In fact, you can download all of them at once if you want. [Read more…]
It’s no secret that Microsoft has been increasingly aggressive of late with their campaign to get as many people as possible to install the free Windows 10 upgrade on their machines.
As you are probably aware, their most recent tactics have been borderline sinister, even acting like malware in at least one instance.
Well, the folks up in Redmond have apparently seen the light, at least in part because they just lost a landmark lawsuit over their “forced upgrade” process.
First thing this morning I noticed that the latest “Get Windows 10” app now has a “Decline free offer” link…
Click that link and Microsoft will (supposedly) stop pestering you to install the Windows 10 update. What’s more, they’ll (supposedly) stop trying to trick you into installing it or having your PC install it without your knowledge or approval.
Here’s a screenshot of the latest “Get Windows 10” app: [Read more…]
Our friend Nick Heath over at TechRepublic recently pointed out that Microsoft is breaking one of their own developer guidelines with their latest “Get Windows 10” app.
And in my opinion, it’s quite clear that he is correct.
The specific guideline they are breaking is located about one quarter of the way down the page, and it reads like this: [Read more…]
Due to a potential over-heating issue, Microsoft has announced a voluntary recall of the power cords for some models of their popular Surface Pro devices.
The recall only applies to the power cords, not the Surface Pro devices themselves or their power supply “bricks”. [Read more…]
Microsoft has announced that beginning in January 2016 they will stop supporting all but the latest version of Internet Explorer – which as of today is IE 11. Of course there could be an even newer version by the time 2016 rolls around.
This policy change means if you’re running an older version of IE you won’t receive security updates for your browser after that date. And as well all know, using an unsupported web browser is just asking for trouble.
Microsoft has two goals in mind with this new policy: [Read more…]