The 'when' of Windows 10 upgrades

Computerworld Wrap-Up July 16, 2015 The 'when' of Windows 10: Microsoft's update and upgrade schedule explained With Windows 10 due to roll out on July 29, here's what's known about the timetable for OS updates and upgrades and what remains unknown. (There's a lot of blanks yet to be filled in by Microsoft.) READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. IBM's machine-learning crystal ball can foresee renewable energy availability 2. Microsoft exec: Forget the past 3. NOW ON CIO: 8 free sites that teach you how to program 4. Oculus acquires gesture-control firm 5. Amazon Prime sale busts Black Friday record 6. INSIDER Job outlook: Starting salaries for recent computer science graduates 7. New point-of-sale malware distributed by Andromeda botnet 8. NOW ON CSO: Insider secrets for a security leader to assess a cloud provider 9. Encrypted Web and Wi-Fi at risk as RC4 attacks become more practical 10. EBay to sell its enterprise unit four years after buying it 11. 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READ MORE Microsoft exec: Forget the past In a revival tent-like speech Wednesday, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner urged the company's partners to forget the past -- an allusion to the failure of its smartphone business to gain meaningful share -- and defended the decision to keep making handsets. READ MORE NOW ON CIO: 8 free sites that teach you how to program Want to learn to code, but aren't interested in paying pricey fees? Here are eight great websites that will teach you how to program -- on your own time, from the comfort of your own home and for free. READ MORE Oculus acquires gesture-control firm Oculus is acquiring Pebbles International; the goal is to advance immersive user experiences and computer-human interaction, for gaming and beyond. READ MORE Amazon Prime sale busts Black Friday record Online shoppers on Wednesday ordered more than 34 million items on Amazon Prime Day, making it a bigger sales day for the retailer than the biggest Black Friday in history. READ MORE White Paper: Rackspace Cloud: Economics Many organizations perceive cost reduction as one of the primary benefits of adopting a cloud hosting model. In practice however, this is not always an accurate assumption. There are nuances to the financial analysis: public cloud computing is not necessarily cheaper than traditional dedicated hosting. Learn More INSIDER Job outlook: Starting salaries for recent computer science graduates Computer science students are in demand -- and they know it. READ MORE New point-of-sale malware distributed by Andromeda botnet Cybercriminals are casting increasingly wider nets in their search for new point-of-sale systems to infect. This appears to be the case with a new memory scraping malware program called GamaPoS that's distributed by a botnet known as Andromeda. READ MORE NOW ON CSO: Insider secrets for a security leader to assess a cloud provider Leading Security Change contributor Joan Pepin shares her insider knowledge of what to look for and how to get accurate answers when assessing the security of a cloud provider READ MORE Encrypted Web and Wi-Fi at risk as RC4 attacks become more practical There's an old saying in the security community: Attacks always get better. The latest case where that holds true is for the aging RC4 cipher that's still widely used to encrypt communications on the Internet. READ MORE EBay to sell its enterprise unit four years after buying it A group of privacy equity firms will pay cash to buy the former GSI Commerce. READ MORE JR Raphael: Get ready for some serious smartwatch silliness As manufacturers and developers work to find ways to make their smartwatches stand out, we're about to see an influx of silliness. 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