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Microsoft has announced the prices of the Extended Security Program for Windows 10. Enterprise users can get up to three years of additional security updates for $61 per year per computer.

Microsoft published a reminder about the upcoming end of support for Windows 10 version 21H2. The company will pull the plug on June 11, 2024, leaving 22H2 as the only supported version.

According to the latest report from Statcounter, Windows 11's market share remains relatively unchanged despite the recent launch of version 23H2. Right now, the OS holds about 26.54%

Microsoft's decision to end support for Windows 10 could turn 240 million personal computers into e-waste, leaving those to end up in landfill, a new report has claimed.Microsoft's Windows 11 will help support a struggling PC market as ...

According to Canalys research, in the nearly two-year period until Microsofts official end-of-support date for Windows 10, which is October 14, 2025, roughly a fifth of devices will become e-waste due to incompatibility with the Windows 11 OS.

With support for Windows 10 coming to an end in under two years, Microsoft has been trying to encourage everyone to upgrade to Windows 11. The reality is that this is not something that all Windows 10 users want to do, and it is not possible for many because of hardware requirements.

There is some good news for anyone who wants or needs to stick with Windows Server 2012 for a little longer.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Linux Mint 19.x will lose support this April. Anyone still running these or other Ubuntu 18.04-based distributions is urged to upgrade systems to stay protected.

It is no secret that the uptake of Windows 11 is rather slow. Microsoft may be unlikely to publicly say as much, but the company will no doubt be extremely disappointed at the number of people who have made the leap to the latest version of its operating system.

The company has announced the end of Windows 8.1 support will hit in January 2023, at which point anyone still ...