Would you subscribe to Windows?
Instead of buying Windows, you may soon be subscribing to it — that’s how much Microsoft wants you off of Windows 7.
Stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
I don’t want to be LinkedIn with Microsoft
Microsoft buying LinkedIn makes good sense — for Microsoft. I’m not so sure about LinkedIn users.
Is Oracle cooking its cloud books?
It has always had trouble getting customers to buy into its cloud, but the scope of the problem may have been badly underestimated.
Oracle’s API stance would be silly if it weren’t so dangerous
Google won the most recent battle in the war over fair use of application programming interfaces, but the fighting will go on.
Oracle v. Google, and the end of programming as we know it
The courts ruled that APIs can be copyrighted. That was bad. Now, if APIs can’t be used with fair use, that will be even worse.
Containers vs. virtual machines: How to tell which is the right choice for your enterprise
Name a tech company, any tech company, and they're investing in containers. Google, of course. IBM, yes. Microsoft, check. But, just because containers are extremely popular, doesn't mean virtual machines are out of date. They're not.
Pausing on the PC death march
Does it bother you that we’re heading toward a post-ownership computing world where we will have little control over our videos, music, software programs and devices? It does me.
Don’t be surprised when Microsoft Android shows up
Look at the evidence. Microsoft seems certain to finally stop trying to push a Windows-based mobile OS on us and embrace the Android future.
Malware is getting nastier, but that shouldn’t matter
Sure, cybercriminals are always improving their wares, but nothing has changed about how our machines actually get infected.
Nest’s Revolv and the Internet of Broken Things
Today, it’s consumers being hit by broken promises from IoT vendors. Tomorrow, it will be businesses. Fortunately, there is way to make things better.
Is Apple rotting?
Sure, Apple has more cash than God and Bill Gates combined, but how long can its reign last if all its new products are blah?
Microsoft doesn’t need Windows anymore
Windows now accounts for a mere 10% of the company’s revenue. You might not have seen this coming, but Microsoft did.
Why an Apple victory against the FBI would be a win for all of us
Putting back doors into any software, even once, is just asking for trouble.
There’s something fishy about those Windows 10 market-share numbers
The real question to ask, though, is why this figure is so important to Microsoft.
Microsoft uses the force: You WILL upgrade to Windows 10
Like it or lump it, Microsoft is making damn sure you’re going to be running Windows 10 in the next 12 months.