Windows Stories for 2014

Google Researcher Publishes Unpatched Windows 8.1 Security Vulnerability 129
Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push 248
65,000 Complaints Later, Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers 246
Forbes Blasts Latests Windows 7 Patch as Malware 230
Ask Slashdot: Best Software To Revive PocketPCs With Windows Mobile 5-6? 110
Microsoft's New Windows Monetization Methods Could Mean 'Subscriptions' 415
Windows 10 Adds Battery Saver Feature 96
Windows 10 To Feature Native Support For MKV and FLAC 313
Windows Kernel Version Bumped To 10.0 171
Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows 178
GTK+ Developers Call For Help To Finish Cross-Platform OpenGL Support 89
Microsoft Aims To Offer Windows 10 Upgrades For All Windows Phone 8 Lumias 77
Microsoft Patches OLE Zero-Day Vulnerability 37
Windows 8 and 8.1 Pass 15% Market Share, Windows XP Drops Below 20% Mark 192
Will HP's $200 Stream 11 Make People Forget About Chromebooks? 232
Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line 230
OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday 242
Microsoft Works On Windows For ARM-Based Servers 113
Italian Supreme Court Bans the 'Microsoft Tax' 353
The Classic Control Panel In Windows May Be Gone 347
Windows 0-Day Exploited In Ongoing Attacks 114
Microsoft Introduces Build Cadence Selection With Windows 10 112
More Eye Candy Coming To Windows 10 209
Microsoft's JavaScript Engine Gets Two-Tiered Compilation 46
Data From Windows 10 Feedback Tool Exposes Problem Areas 147
Windows Flaw Allowed Hackers To Spy On NATO, Ukraine, Others 97
How Poor Punctuation Can Break Windows 94
Windows Users, Get Ready For a Bigger-Than-Usual Patch Tuesday 63
Test Version Windows 10 Includes Keylogger 367
Possible Reason Behind Version Hop to Windows 10: Compatibility 349
Lost Opportunity? Windows 10 Has the Same Minimum PC Requirements As Vista 554
Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? 577
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 644
HP Introduces Sub-$100 Windows Tablet 182
Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time 269
What To Expect With Windows 9 545
City of Turin To Switch From Windows To Linux and Save 6M Euros 249
Windows Tax Shot Down In Italy 421
Steve Ballmer Authored the Windows 3.1 Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen 169
You Got Your Windows In My Linux 613
Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Desktop x86 Motherboard Manufacturers? 294
Microsoft Releases Replacement Patch With Two Known Bugs 140
Microsoft Dumps 1,500 Apps From Its Windows Store 126
Chromium 37 Launches With Major Security Fixes, 64-bit Windows Support 113
New Windows Coming In Late September -- But Which One? 251
Munich Council Say Talk of LiMux Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated 190
Researchers Hack Gmail With 92 Percent Success Rate 87
New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices 215
Microsoft's Windows 8 App Store Is Full of Scamware 188
Microsoft Black Tuesday Patches Bring Blue Screens of Death 179
Skype Reverses Decision To Drop OS X 10.5 Support, Retires Windows Phone 7 App 99
Leaked Docs Offer Win 8 Tip: FinFisher Spyware Can't Tap Skype's Metro App 74
Windows XP Falls Below 25% Market Share, Windows 8 Drops Slightly 336
Microsoft's CEO Says He Wants to Unify Windows 322
Leaked Build of Windows 9 Shows Start Menu Return 346
Researchers Disarm Microsoft's EMET 33
Windows 9 To Win Over Windows 7 Users, Disables Start Screen For Desktop 681
Microsoft Suspending "Patch Tuesday" Emails 145
Grand Theft Auto V For Modern Platforms Confirmed 133
Microsoft Fixing Windows 8 Flaws, But Leaving Them In Windows 7 218
Windows 8.1 Finally Passes Windows 8 In Market Share 187
Microsoft Won't Bring Back the Start Menu Until 2015 516
China Looks To Linux As Windows Alternative 222
Registry Hack Enables Continued Updates For Windows XP 322
TechCrunch and Others On the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 136
Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 With Bing To Sell Cheaper Devices 124
With the Surface Pro, Microsoft Is Trying To Recreate the PC Market 379
Valve In-Home Game Streaming Supports Windows, OS X & Linux 106
China Bans Government Purchases of Windows 8 200
Emory University SCCM Server Accidentally Reformats All Computers Campus-wide 564
The Man Behind Munich's Migration of 15,000 PCs From Windows To Linux 264
Head of MS Research On Special Projects, Google X and Win 9 71
Anti-Virus Is Dead (But Still Makes Money) Says Symantec 254
The Upcoming Windows 8.1 Apocalypse 293
Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says 589
Why Microsoft Shouldn't Patch the XP Internet Explorer Flaw 345
XP Systems Getting Emergency IE Zero Day Patch 179
Microsoft Continues To Lose Money With Each Surface Tablet It Sells 179
New Zero-Day Flash Bug Affects Windows, OS X, and Linux Computers 178
Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support 575
IRS Misses XP Deadline, Pays Microsoft Millions For Patches 322
Ask Slashdot: How To Start With Linux In the Workplace? 452
Stung By File-Encrypting Malware, Researchers Fight Back 85
Windows 8.1 Update Released, With Improvements For Non-Touch Hardware 294
Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP 641
Should Microsoft Be Required To Extend Support For Windows XP? 650
Slashdot Asks: Will You Need the Windows XP Black Market? 245
Microsoft's Security Products Will Block Adware By Default Starting On July 1 177
UK Government Pays Microsoft £5.5M For Extended Support of Windows XP 341
.NET Native Compilation Preview Released 217
London Council Dumping Windows For Chromebooks To Save £400,000 193
Microsoft: Start Menu Returns, Windows Free For Small Device OEMs, Cortana Beta 387
Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL? 423
They're Reading Your Mail: Microsoft's ToS, Windows 8 Leak, and Snooping 206
Linux May Succeed Windows XP As OS of Choice For ATMs 367
Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested For Leaking Windows 8 197
Mozilla Scraps Firefox For Windows 8, Citing Low Adoption of Metro 200
Google and Microsoft Both Want To Stop Dual-Boot Windows/Android Devices 153
VLC Finally Launches App For Windows 8 170
Microsoft Dumping License Fees For Windows Phone? 125
Google Blocking Asus's Android-Windows "Duet"? 194
Ars Technica Reviews Leaked Windows 8.1 Update 194
OpenShift Now Supports Windows; GoDaddy Joins OpenStack 19
Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires 860
Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon 392
Ford Dumping Windows For QNX In New Vehicles 314
Complete Microsoft EMET Bypass Developed 116
Microsoft Confirms Windows 8.1 Spring Update, To Focus On Non-touch Devices 172
Microsoft Said To Cut Windows Price 70% For Low Cost Devices 178
Windows 8 Metro: The Good Kind of Market Segmentation? 389
Wine On Android Starts Allowing Windows Binaries On Android/ARM 140
Windows Replacement? ReactOS 0.3.16 Gets Themes, CSRSS Rewrite, and More 179
Windows 8.1 Passes Windows Vista In Market Share 249
Microsoft Reports Record Revenue 289
HP Brings Back Windows 7 'By Popular Demand' As Buyers Shun Windows 8 513
Ask Slashdot: Configuring Development Environment On a Shared Workstation? 158
Microsoft Quietly Fixes Windows XP Resource Hog Problem 246
95% of ATMs Worldwide Are Still Using Windows XP 346
Microsoft Remotely Deleted Tor From Windows Machines To Stop Botnet 214
Microsoft Extends Updates For Windows XP Security Products Until July 2015 417
Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. 1009
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Pass 10% Market Share, Windows XP Falls Below 30% 470
Unencrypted Windows Crash Reports a Blueprint For Attackers 103