When the service is free, you are the product, and in Microsoft’s case, the company appears to be ‘scroogling’ people just as it warned Google was doing.

Today I paid the Microsoft tax. I needed to get secure boot back working on my test PC and without a new graphics card, that has been certified as being Windows 8 ready, it is not possible to have this feature working.

Microsoft has decided that the new, over-arching snooping features in Windows 10 are such a good thing that it is quietly including them in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Windows 8 wanted access to various bits of your data, and Windows 10 wants even more, so how do you turn this off?

HP says its current range of Windows-based PCs running Windows 7 or 8.1 is ready for the Windows 10 upgrade from 29 July 2015, so keep happily purchasing!

Windows 10 will turn off secure boot when one upgrades from Windows 8/8.1 unless a graphics card that has the Windows 8 ready logo is present in the system.

Microsoft has announced that pirated copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 will be upgraded free to Windows 10 but will stay in a non-genuine state until paid for.

Windows To Go devices are a growing business for Imation Mobile Security, business development manager Elizabeth Parsons told iTWire.

Microsoft has indicated that its internal culture remains the same and its philosophy has not changed one whit: its strategy of embrace, extend and extinguish is still its guiding principle.

With Microsoft shamefully preventing Windows 7 from upgrading with apps and settings intact to Windows 8.1, it appears this will be rectified with the Windows 10 OS upgrade.

Acer has announced the successful rollout of the largest deployment of Windows 8 tablets in Australia to Tasmania Police, replacing a fleet of 1,100 desktop computers – including 600 Windows XPs that were at end of life - and 200 in-car mobile data terminals.

Australian cosmetics company The Heat Group has selected StayinFront EdgeCG to automate and mobilise its field sales operations using the latest Windows 8 tablets powered by TouchCG.

Corporate interest in Windows 8 for mobile devices varies substantially by geography, according to one ISV.

If you're looking for a capable Windows 8.1 tablet, the HP ProTablet 610 G1 could fit the bill.

Microsoft has announced the latest version of its Windows operating system. It is called Windows 10, skipping a release number to give the impression of a major advance.

A sub-$200 Windows 8 tablet goes on sale this week.

HP's Pro x2 410 detachable has its good points, but suffers from a fundamental problem for my style of use.

Honeywell has released a major enhancement to its Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS) which it says will improve model building and maintenance, case management, and optimisation to help plants maximise profitability.

Tech giant Microsoft has made sweeping changes to its privacy policies, declaring it won't read users' personal emails without their consent.

A new version of Parallels Access provides full support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, and simplifies use of the product with certain corporate networks.