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Google’s Chromebook has rightly earned a place in business and education with its secure and maintenance-free operation. Yet, there is often still a need to run Windows and Windows-based applications. Parallels has brought its virtualisation technology to Chrome OS allowing you to run Windows apps natively.

Microsoft today announced the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in the Microsoft Edge browser, and that the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022.

Businesses in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia have paid an average ransom of $11,781 to ransomware attackers, with some businesses paying a ransom of more than $20,000, according to a newly published report on the growing prevalence of ransomware attacks in the APAC region.

Cloud computing company, Nivio, has brought the world's first online Windows desktop to Australia, giving businesses and personal users access to a familiar Windows desktop, coupled with sophisticated network and storage capabilities, for less than the cost of an average mobile phone plan.

In a move certain to surprise, shock and even anger many, the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, today signed up as Chief Software Architect with Microsoft to work on the Redmond Giant's next-generation operating system with Dave Cutler.