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• Do you need Microsoft’s ‘Windows 365 Link’ cloud-only PC?

  Posted on December 16, 2024 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  Information-technology pros are agog about the latest entry into the field of highly secure devices: Microsoft’s Windows 365 Link, a paperback-sized device that works as a PC only when connected via the Internet to Redmond’s cloud-computing service.

  The Link has been called a mini-PC. But it’s more accurate to describe it as a thin client. This is the industry term for a small device that has no real computing power of its own. Instead, it displays applications and graphics that are sent to it from a cloud server.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.51.0, 2024-12-16).

  Public Defender Dell Latitude 5450, Google Chromebox, HP Elite t755, Newsletters, Thin Clients, Windows 365, Windows 365 Link

• Choosing the right device

  Posted on December 2, 2024 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Are you being bombarded from every corner by Black Friday and end-of-year deals — toys to technology?

  Of course you are. It’s that time of year. Whether it’s actual tech toys, smart TVs, PCs, tablets, phones, home tech, or anything else with a chip in it, vendors want to entice you in any way they can.

  Will you succumb? Well, probably — at least a little bit. The more important question is, what should you actually be looking for?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.49.0, 2024-12-02).

  nt question is, what should you actually be looking for?

  On Security Chromebook, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Surface, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Qualcomm Snapdragon, QuickBooks, Remote Desktop, Windows 365, Windows 365 Link

• Microsoft 365: Wherein Windows takes a back seat

  Posted on May 11, 2018 at 13:04 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you want to stick with Windows, here’s an important primer on where it’s heading.

  Mary Jo Foley on ZDNet.

  Windows News Windows 365

• What we know about the next versions of Windows

  Posted on July 25, 2014 at 08:41 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Precious little.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Threshold, Windows 365, Windows 8.1 Updates, Windows 9, Xbox