by jnelson | Aug 31, 2016 | News, Warnings
As an article at Forbes notes, “Windows 10 is at a dangerous moment.” And indeed it is for the software giant – as well as demanding faith and patience from the users who rely upon it. But Windows 10’s free installation period has ended; it faces...
by jnelson | Jul 23, 2016 | How the Net Works, News, Security
To install or not to install Windows 10 is the question of the day. The answer is not obvious as there may be significant downsides, but time is running out. Microsoft’s offer of a free upgrade to Windows 10 to current Windows users ends July 29. However, those...
by jnelson | Apr 9, 2016 | News, Security, Warnings
The more that technical types examine Windows 10, the less of a good thing it seems to be. For ordinary users, that is. For the software giant of Redmond and the National Security Agency, however, Windows 10 might be the answer to a dream. Researchers have found, for...
by jnelson | Feb 27, 2016 | News, Warnings
In its burning ambition to get everyone to use Windows 10, Microsoft has now gone so far as to actually hide a splash advertisement for the new operating system within a security update for Internet Explorer. Not only that, once installed, the ad is not listed in the...
by jnelson | Jan 23, 2016 | News, Tips and Tricks
UPDATE, Feb. 6, 2016 – It’s starting to look like the reason Microsoft is so determined to move users to Windows 10 is that it is essentially spyware. One independent researcher installed it on a test PC with all telemetry and feedback turned off, and found that...
