Microsoft

Forcing the issue: (via ZDNet) Windows 10 and a bump in the road to Windows as a Service / http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-and-a-bump-in-the-road-to-windows-as-a-service/

Enter Sandman: (via ZDNet) Windows Phone 8.1 is officially dead / http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-lays-windows-phone-to-rest/

A PowerShell hover (via ZDNet) Microsoft Office malware: Banking trojan downloads if you hover over PowerPoint hyperlink / http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-office-malware-banking-trojan-downloads-if-you-hover-over-powerpoint-hyperlink/

Sneakily using network chips (via ZDNet) Windows firewall dodged by 'hot-patching' spies / http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-firewall-dodged-by-hot-patching-spies-using-intel-amt-says-microsoft/

There is no update here. Please disperse. Nothing to see here. Please disperse: (via PCW) Microsoft apologizes after rogue Windows 10 preview builds cause chaos / http://www.pcworld.com/article/3199255/windows/microsoft-apologizes-after-a-rogue-windows-10-preview-build-causes-chaos.html