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Microsoft’s Windows story just took another turn: engineering teams are being reunited, a cautious annual Windows 11 “25H2” update is rolling out, Windows 10’s support clock is about to stop, Qualcomm has unveiled a new Snapdragon X2 wave for Windows-on-Arm, Microsoft is reshaping its consumer productivity tiers with Microsoft 365 Premium, and Xbox Game Pass has been retooled — including a headline price increase for the top tier. Each of these moves matters on its own; taken together they...

Microsoft has quietly fixed one of the most persistent annoyances for multi‑monitor users: the Notification Center and calendar flyout on Windows 11 can now be opened from any Taskbar on any monitor, not just the primary display. Background From the day Windows 11 shipped, power users noticed a surprising regression: the Taskbar on secondary monitors showed the date and time but refused to open the Notification Center or calendar flyout when clicked. That inconsistency forced many...

The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) new cloud-first push — built on Microsoft technologies and anchored by a refreshed mobile experience — is simultaneously a pragmatic modernization of a sprawling public pension system and a high-stakes experiment in using AI and cloud infrastructure to deliver retirement security at national scale. Background / Overview EPF is one of Asia’s largest pension institutions, managing assets well into the trillions of ringgit and serving millions of...

Microsoft’s next big Windows chapter is not a simple, single-date reveal; instead it’s a staged evolution: Microsoft has rolled its 2025 milestone as Windows 11, version 25H2 while the industry’s “Windows 12” narrative continues to circulate in leaks and analysis—and the practical deadline driving much of the discussion is real and immovable: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. Background / Overview The conversation about “Windows 12” has been feeding off several parallel...

Microsoft has acknowledged two narrow but consequential problems affecting Windows 11 devices running the new 25H2 enablement package: a protected‑playback regression that can block Blu‑ray, DVD and some digital‑TV applications that use legacy rendering paths, and a WUSA (.msu) installation bug that can cause updates installed from a network share to fail with ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME. Background Windows 11, version 25H2 is being delivered primarily as an enablement package layered on top of the...

Clearcatnet’s October 2025 announcement that it has refreshed and expanded a library of “actual exam” preparation material for Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Cisco certifications shines a harsh light on a long‑standing tension in IT certification: the conflict between effective exam practice and the legality, ethics, and long‑term career risk of using real exam content or so‑called “dumps.” Background The vendor‑market for cloud and networking certifications — Microsoft Azure, AWS...

Microsoft has fixed the calendar: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends in mid‑October 2025, and every remaining Windows 10 device must now be treated as a migration project, a potential compliance liability, or—if users choose to stay on the platform—an increasingly vulnerable system that will no longer receive routine OS‑level security patches from Microsoft. Background / Overview Windows 10 debuted in 2015 and has been one of the longest‑running desktop platforms in modern PC history...

Microsoft’s reminder that Windows 10 support is ending has become a hard deadline for millions of PCs in India — and the choices on the table are stark: upgrade to Windows 11, enrol in a short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported system. Background / Overview Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, which means the operating system will no longer receive routine security updates, feature...

A new wave of research and government trials is forcing a reckoning: the promise of generative AI as an unalloyed productivity booster is fraying at the edges, and workplace realities — from clogged inboxes to shaky ROI — show that these tools are as likely to cost time and trust as they are to save them. Background / Overview The past two years have seen explosive adoption of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI across offices, help desks, and knowledge-worker roles. Vendors...

BUI’s announcement that it has earned Microsoft’s new Copilot specialization marks a significant milestone for the company and a clear signal to buyers that partner-led, security-first deployments of Microsoft 365 Copilot and agentic AI are moving from experimentation to enterprise-grade delivery. Background / Overview Microsoft introduced the Copilot specialization as a discrete partner credential to identify organisations that can advise, deploy, secure and extend Copilot experiences...

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has taken a cautious, governance‑first step into workplace AI: on September 30 it ran an agency‑wide Microsoft Copilot orientation for staff, introducing Copilot Chat’s productivity features while explicitly teaching how to use AI safely, when not to use it, and what administrative and contractual controls the agency will need before wider rollout. Background PAGCOR’s briefing was delivered as part of Development Policy Research Month...

Companies across multiple industries are now treating renewals as strategic decisions rather than routine administrative housekeeping — and that shift is lengthening negotiation cycles, concentrating risk in sectors exposed to commodity prices and trade policy while leaving banks and many enterprise-tech buyers relatively freer to spend on strategic digital priorities. Background The short version: procurement calendars have stretched. Where once an annual or multi‑year contract renewal...

What began as an opinion piece in a regional daily — a forceful claim that “the world has finally said: enough is enough” — has rapidly migrated from polemic into a set of verifiable developments across diplomacy, law, sport and technology. The Islamabad Post column by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal frames a single argument: long‑standing practices that once insulated state action are now fraying under a synchronised global backlash. That thesis is demonstrably traceable to a series of concrete...

Apps4.Pro’s new migration offering arrives at a time when many organisations are rethinking collaboration platforms, promising an “all-in-one” path to move Gmail, Drive, Groups, Calendars, Contacts — and even Google Chat — into Microsoft 365 with minimal disruption. The vendor’s public announcement and product page both position the release as a broad, enterprise-capable solution that handles My Drive and Shared Drives, preserves permissions and metadata, supports incremental and batch runs...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates and mainstream support on October 14, 2025, and every remaining Windows 10 PC must now choose between upgrading, buying time with a short-term security bridge, or continuing to run an increasingly risky, unsupported system. Background / Overview Microsoft announced months ago that Windows 10’s official lifecycle ends on October 14, 2025. That date means the company will cease delivering feature...

Wintoys’ latest update, version 2.4.6.0, arrives as a pragmatic, compatibility-first release that prepares the popular third‑party Windows customization suite for Windows 11 25H2 while expanding its built‑in storage cleanup, network troubleshooting, and reliability tooling in ways that matter for real‑world maintenance and space recovery. Background Wintoys has positioned itself as a lightweight, power‑user friendly utility for Windows customization, cleanup, and troubleshooting. It bundles...

Microsoft Edge’s InPrivate mode is simple to use and straightforward in its promise: when you close all InPrivate windows the browser will delete local traces of your session — browsing history, cookies, site data, saved passwords, addresses, and form entries — but it is not an invisible cloak that hides activity from networks, employers, or internet providers. Background Microsoft has long offered InPrivate as Edge’s private-browsing mode, a user-facing feature designed for short, ephemeral...

BUI’s announcement that it has earned the new Microsoft Copilot specialisation marks a meaningful milestone for both the company and enterprises evaluating partners for secure, scalable Copilot deployments — a milestone that reflects rising demand for partner-led advisory, governance and agentic AI delivery as organisations move from experimentation to operationalisation of workplace AI. Background / Overview BUI, an established Microsoft partner and Azure Expert MSP, told ITWeb that it has...

Microsoft’s decade‑long support for Windows 10 officially reaches its deadline on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of PCs — particularly in price‑sensitive markets such as India — with three stark choices: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, buy a short‑term safety net through Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU), or continue running an increasingly risky, unsupported system. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and became the dominant desktop OS for a generation of...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, has turned what many expected to be a routine OS lifecycle milestone into a high-stakes security and policy moment — one that could leave hundreds of millions of still-functional PCs exposed to unpatched threats, increase electronic waste, and force governments, schools, small businesses, and consumers to make expensive choices under a tight deadline. Background Windows 10 launched in 2015 and became the...