Accept optional updates, rollups as they come out, Microsoft asks firms running Windows 7; argues that it's the way to get ready for Windows 10
After a year of free Windows 10 upgrades, Microsoft will start charging an unknown amount
'Suggested Tiles' to appear in beta next week; all users to see ads by default
Company now says its free offer does not apply to non-genuine copies, but plans to make upgrades 'very attractive' to some counterfeits
Blocks on-screen notifications and ads from appearing on managed mobile devices
'We can't have nice things' because 'total jerks' took advantage of loophole, says Chrome software engineer
Redmondologists decide patches will ship as soon as they're ready, a big change from the practice of the past 12 years
Tells Wall Street that when it turns a customer into a subscriber, it gets 1.2 to 1.8 times the revenue compared to old-school licensing
Even if it got the new OS on every Windows 7 PC, Microsoft would still come up short
IP address is a dead end, says Microsoft.
