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• Microsoft has been conning Windows users for two months

  Microsoft has been using a deceptive tactic to dupe Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users into upgrading to Windows 10 for at least two months.

• What Microsoft’s multi-platform strategy means for mobile app developers

  The Xamarin acquisition proves Microsoft is more interested in its developer tools than its own struggling phone operating system.

• 5 things to expect from Microsoft's big developer conference

  Microsoft executives will take the stage at Moscone West in San Francisco on Wednesday for the first of two keynote addresses to the company's big Build developer conference. Here are five key things to expect from the next two days of Microsoft announcements.

• CIOs cautiously embrace Windows 10

  Major OS upgrades are never easy, but according to CIOs and IT executives, the move to Windows 10 is the smoothest Microsoft OS transition in years, even if most of them are taking their time with the deployments.

• 10 Windows 10 migration issues you need to consider

  Upgrading to a new client operating system is a massive headache for the CIOs of most organizations. That's because it's disruptive, it impacts hardware purchasing decisions, it drains IT budgets and it can take up hours of IT staff time.

• Deep-dive review: Windows 10 - worth the wait

  Finally, an operating system from Microsoft you can love.

• 9 reasons not to upgrade to Windows 10 -- yet

  Windows 10 is here - and many users (especially those who have been wrestling with Windows 8) are probably eager to upgrade. But even if you can get it now -- the upgrade will be sent first to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2944212/microsoft-windows/windows-10-release-date-delayed-itbwcw.html">those who signed up for the Windows Insider beta program</a> and then in "slow waves" to everyone else -- you may want to hold off.

• Windows 10 fragmentation? What fragmentation?

  Microsoft's Windows 10 will not have a fragmentation problem, analysts argued, even though its rapid development tempo and a host of update cadences will spin off so many versions that not everyone will be running the same code, or even have the same features, at any one time.

• Can Windows 10 save declining PC market?

  “Microsoft and PC vendors still need to convince users of the advantages of the new OS and new PCs, which will take some time."