SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday, as the longtime leader in PC software hopes that giving the upgrade away for free will help it carve out a new role ...

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...

Microsoft's newest Windows 10 update, version 21H1, is rolling out now. Here's how to download the May 2021 update and all of the features it includes. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined ...

Although Microsoft's July 29 deadline has expired, there's an easy way to get Windows 10 gratis -- provided you don't mind a little white internet lie. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...

Windows 10 is dead, long live Windows 10! Or so many users thought after reading about the Extended Security Update (ESU) program that offers a free year of security updates. But worry set in when ...

If you were hoping to jump from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 for the low cost of zero dollars, you’re now out of luck. Windows has quietly closed the loophole that allowed people to upgrade their PC’s ...