Today, October 14, 2025, is the day Windows 10 enters its End of Life phase, which means Microsoft will no longer officially support the operating system - which means it'll no longer get new features ...

Time may be running out for your Windows 10 computer. After Oct. 14, Microsoft will stop providing free security updates for the operating system. First, you need to find out where you stand. The ...

Choose your own path ...

You now have 30 days, Microsoft has just warned 600 million Windows users, before you lose “protections from the latest security threats.” This deadline has been coming for some time, but now it’s ...

Windows 10 support has ended. Some Linux distributions have seen record downloads. It's time to consider making the switch from Windows to Linux. Support for Windows 10 ended just a few days ago, ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: Last week, I brought you Part One of a two-part issue on good and poor Password Practices. It was my ...

HP clearly loses, but Apple could actually benefit.

Are you still using Windows 10 on your desktop or laptop? If so, you need to know this: As of October 14, Microsoft moved the software to its "end of life" phase. What that means is that while Windows ...

Dell and HP executives said the PC upgrade cycle to Windows 11 will continue through 2026. Meanwhile, AI PCs shipments are ramping up, and PC prices are rising across the board. Windows 10 support ...

Windows 10 was launched in July 2015. It was supposed to be the last major operating system (OS) upgrade, but Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021, and now Windows 10 has reached end of life, ...

With just days to go before the end of support for Windows 10, the need for customers to upgrade has already helped drive hardware sales through the channel. In both commercial and consumer markets, ...

The big picture: As the end-of-life deadline for Windows 10 looms and Windows 11 overtakes it in market share, analysts are speculating about the transition's impact on PC hardware shipments. While ...