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A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveils Copilot + PCs, a linchpin of the companys plan to reinvent Windows, during a special event in Redmond in May 2024. Microsoft is betting Windows on AI, looking to breathe new life into one of the most successful products in tech history. Yet the sheer footprint of Windows continues to set it apart.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Windows 10X might not arrive until 2021

The Verge

Microsoft’s Windows 10X operating system, originally planned for dual-screen devices, might not appear until 2021. The software giant revealed earlier this year that Windows 10X is being reworked for single-screen devices , rather than hardware like the Surface Neo. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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Germany’s antitrust authority to look into complaint against Microsoft

Network World

The initial complaint to the EU and German antitrust authorities, which was filed in November 2021 by a coalition of Nextcloud and 29 other European companies, involved Microsoft’s bundling of its OneDrive file-sharing app with both Windows 10 and 11. The group stated that it was nearly impossible to choose other file-sharing services.

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Search for software ‘Bliss’: Iconic desktop image from Microsoft’s Windows XP still lures hill seekers

GeekWire

“Bliss,” the Microsoft Windows XP desktop wallpaper image, as seen in a YouTube video tutorial. Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the default desktop wallpaper image for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, the search for “Bliss” is still an intriguing one.

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What Windows 10X is Going to Mean for Microsoft Hardware in 2021

Gizmodo

There’s a brand new version of Windows on the way, and it’s set to change how we interact with our PCs—and even change our ideas about what a PC actually is. Here’s everything you need to know Windows 10X as it stands now, and the devices that will be compatible in 2021. Read more.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0

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