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However, they have the option of getting a 90-day free trial version of the OS. Microsoft makes money from selling advertising for its Bing search engine; it also collects fees from people who use premium versions of its Office software, OneDrive cloud storage and Skype.

While Microsoft tries to regain its footing in the consumer market with a new Windows operating system, the company’s cloud computing business keeps on rolling.

Windows 10 will also bring back the Start menu that was taken off in Windows 8 and was missed by many Windows users. It’s Microsoft’s way of trying to overhaul Windows for the mobile world – without alienating users by getting rid of everything that’s...

As soon as the Cancel Installation button is pressed, an error pops up notifying the user that elevated privileges are required to make changes, and there’s no option to run Windows Update as administrator in Windows 8.

He says the company will sell a minimum of 275 million PCs with Windows 10 installed over the next three years.

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Microsoft will be able to solve any bugs that are discovered during Windows 10’s early days, before all customers receive it.

If ever an operating system has grown up in public, it’s Windows 10.

There won’t be any official way to jump the queue – Microsoft won’t be making downloadable disk images for Windows 10 available in the short term, Amazon won’t start selling the operating system on USB drives until late August, and there’s no...

“By rolling out the Windows 10 update in batches we want to make sure that internal testing for particular batch is done thoroughly and the update process is as pain free as possible”, said Durani. Then come the fall you will see the devices from all the OEMs going...

While the new features are laudable, the big deal is that Microsoft is going back to the future by restoring the Start menu that Windows users had become accustomed to.

The new updates might enhance the security system and user interface or both; however, if everything goes accordingly, the new version of the Windows is about to launch at the end of the month, according to Computerworld. Given that you can now buy a decently-specified complete...

Microsoft Corp.is scheduled to release earnings data on October 18.

July 21 Microsoft Corp reported a $3.2 billion quarterly net loss, hurt by charges related to its Nokia phone business and job cuts, and weak demand for its Windows operating system.

The whole Office Mobile pack, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as OneNote, Windows Calculator, Mail and Calendar, and Get Office receive these updates today, and all seem to bring fixes and optimizations, just as Microsoft promised last week.