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Official support for both Windows 7 and 8 ends in January, Microsoft Edge also losing support

TechSpot

The year is 2009. Nvidia's GTX 295 is ruling the graphics card market, Apple recently released the iPhone 3G, and Microsoft has announced its newest operating system, Windows 7, to high amounts of consumer praise. Users finally felt like a suitable upgrade from Windows XP had arrived, and within two.

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Microsoft finally ends Windows 7 and 8.x support

Computerworld Vertical IT

This week signals the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 After years of extended security updates, no more bugs or security holes will be patched in the venerable operating systems. Windows 7 had a good run. Windows 8, by contrast, was almost as big of a disaster as Vista but for a different reason.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0

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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”

The Verge

It originally ran a custom Linux operating system that reviewers loved ( Laptop Mag ’s Mark Spoonauer said it was “ten times simpler to use than any Windows notebook”) and was generally heralded as a new kind of computer with tremendous mass appeal. This was state-of-the-art tech blogging in 2009.

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Microsoft unleashes ‘Death Star’ on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach

GeekWire

Through four steps over four days, Microsoft flexed the muscle of its legal team and its control of the Windows operating system to nearly obliterate the actions of some of the most sophisticated offensive hackers out there. 3) Next, on Tuesday, Dec. 3) Next, on Tuesday, Dec. 4) Finally, today, Wednesday, Dec.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? Just think how much all them licences would have cost any other company running 1 million+ Windows servers! December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125). October 2009 (131). September 2009 (143).