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Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 20 years of industry experience and the author of over 25 books. He is the News Director for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, the major domo at Thurrott.com, and the co-host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Mary Jo Foley, What the Tech with Andrew Zarian, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows.

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Microsoft Expands Surface Commercial Availability and Support

Microsoft is now supporting commercial customers of all Surface devices with new availability and service and support options to help meet demand.

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Google Apps for Work Now Offered for Free During Transition

In a bid to steal more business users from Microsoft, Google this morning announced that it would wave the fees on its Google Apps for Work offerings.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 16, 2015

This week’s other news includes a new marketing campaign for Windows 10, you’re getting the Windows 10 upgrade whether you want it or not, and so much more.

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HP Teaming with 3M to Combat “Visual Hacking”

HP and 3M are teaming up to combat a form of digital theft that is so obvious in retrospect that I’m surprised no one has tackled this problem before in such an integrated fashion.

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Dell’s $67 Billion Acquisition of EMC to be Biggest Tech Deal Ever

PC giant Dell announced this morning that it would acquire storage giant EMC in a deal valued at $67 billion. EMC will merge with Dell, but VMware will not.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 9, 2015

Because I’m so tired my eyes hurt, this week’s other news includes a legal aid to Microsoft’s email court case, PC sales hit another tough quarter, more.

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Today is Microsoft’s Last Stand in Mobile

I’m heading to New York City on Amtrak’s Acela Express to attend the Microsoft Windows 10 Devices event, a watershed moment for the firm’s mobile efforts.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 2, 2015

Because the altitude is getting to me, this week’s other news includes Microsoft’s new social networking features for email, and a whole lot more.

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Microsoft and Google Settle All Patent Lawsuits

Microsoft and Google have quietly settled all of the approximately 20 patent-related lawsuits against each other. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Microsoft Announces Changes to Financial Reporting Structure

Microsoft has announced changes to the way it will report its financial results, with the software giant trimming its top-level businesses down to three.

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