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Microsoft Stops Offering Mainstream Support for Its Windows 7 OS

Jan 13, 2015

Windows 7 today enters into extended support, meaning that you can no longer get free support for the OS. January 13, 2014 marks the date that Microsoft stops offering mainstream support for its Windows 7 OS. The popular operating system, ...

Tags: Windows 7, Consumer Electronics, OS

Windows 8.1 Will Slate for Release This Fall

Aug 2, 2013

Microsoft today said that Windows 8.1, slated for release this fall, will use the same lifecycle support timeline as 2012's Windows 8, meaning that it will be supported until early 2023. Windows 8 users will also be required to upgrade to ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Computer Products, software

Microsoft Today Reminded Customers Running Office for Mac 2008

Apr 9, 2013

Microsoft today reminded customers running Office for Mac 2008 that support for the suite ends next Tuesday. "Support for Office for Mac 2008 will end April 9, 2013," Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (MacBU), the firm's OS X development arm, ...

Tags: Microsoft, Mac, Windows

Microsoft Will Support The Surface Pro Hardware for Almost Four-and-a-Half Years

Feb 18, 2013

Microsoft will support its Surface Pro tablet until July 2017, or almost four-and-a-half years after its launch last weekend, the company's website confirmed. Like its predecessor the Surface RT, the Windows 8-powered Surface Pro sports a ...

Tags: Microsoft, Surface Pro tablet, Surface RT

Microsoft Has Extended Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 Months

Dec 20, 2012

Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months, and again reminded customers that the still-strong Windows XP will retire in April 2014. Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley, a blogger for ZDNet, first reported ...

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Microsoft Has Extended Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 Months

Dec 20, 2012

Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months. Announced in the latest Microsoft Support Lifecycle newsletter, the extension was triggered by a company policy that requires an extension if the follow-up ...

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Microsoft Will Support Its Surface RT Tablet with Updates

Dec 17, 2012

Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...

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Microsoft Will Support Its Surface RT Tablet with Updates

Nov 25, 2012

Computerworld - Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is ...

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