All editions of Windows 10 get 10 years of support

Computerworld Wrap-Up July 17, 2015 All editions of Windows 10 get 10 years of updates, support Microsoft today updated its Windows support lifecycle fact sheet to include Windows 10, saying it will provide updates to the new OS for 10 years, or until October 2025. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. INSIDER Review: The best browsers for Android smartphones 2. Windows 10 license confirms no-warning automatic updates and upgrades 3. NOW ON CIO: Are cloud price hikes a harbinger of the future? 4. Latest Flash Player version offers better exploit defenses 5. U2 tours with all-flash array to rock the latest video effects 6. Video: Robot hotel opens in Japan 7. NOW ON CSO: Electronic Frontier Foundation celebrates 25 years of defending online privacy 8. T-Mobile to pay $17.5M fine for 911 outages 9. IBM Watson's next trick: Helping you write better 10. Microsoft snaps up FieldOne to enrich Dynamics CRM 11. 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READ MORE NOW ON CIO: Are cloud price hikes a harbinger of the future? Microsoft and others seem to be raising the prices of their cloud computing services, at least in certain regions (like Europe). Is this a foreshadowing of things to come for everyone? READ MORE Latest Flash Player version offers better exploit defenses The Flash Player update released Tuesday not only fixed two vulnerabilities that were being targeted by attackers, but added additional protections that will make entire classes of security flaws much harder to exploit in the future. READ MORE U2 tours with all-flash array to rock the latest video effects Irish rockers U2 are continuing to innovate in their use of video on the current Innocence + Experience tour, and behind the scenes is some extremely high-performance, all-flash technology. READ MORE White Paper: Kony Inc Mobility in 2015: The Essential Mobility Guidebook Bring business and IT leaders together with these 10 New Rules for Mobile Strategy and Success. Learn More Video: Robot hotel opens in Japan At the robot hotel near Nagasaki, a mechatronic velociraptor and female android help check you in while a robotic porter takes your bags. READ MORE NOW ON CSO: Electronic Frontier Foundation celebrates 25 years of defending online privacy While cops and firefighters are often ready to retire after 25 years on the job protecting citizens, this privacy watchdog organization has a full agenda for the future as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. READ MORE T-Mobile to pay $17.5M fine for 911 outages T-Mobile USA will pay a $17.5 million fine in a settlement with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for two 911 emergency dialing outages on the company's mobile network last year. READ MORE IBM Watson's next trick: Helping you write better Watson Tone Analyzer is a new service that can analyze text for the attitude and tone that underlie it. The tool could help anyone refine an email, marketing message, presentation or blog post before releasing it into the world, IBM said. READ MORE Microsoft snaps up FieldOne to enrich Dynamics CRM Microsoft and FieldOne have been partners for several years already and on Thursday Microsoft took the relationship a step further and acquired the New Jersey-based provider of field-service software. READ MORE IT Blogwatch: AMD vs. Intel -- the war is lost, as Su's co. bleeds badly AMD releases yet another set of dreadful numbers. It's doing really badly at its bread'n'butter -- selling CPUs and GPUs. Its custom SoC business is the only highlight in a dark, dark story... 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