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De-crapping the Windows Store, take two

Last August, Microsoft announced efforts to remove misleading and deceptive applications from the Windows Store. Apps needed to have clear names and proper categorization, plus they couldn’t use misleading icons.Less than a year later, Microsoft has announced a new effort to remove misleading and deceptive applications from the Windows Store. While this new decrapification process isn’t identical to the old one, it nonetheless feels very similar.

Read on, source: De-crapping the Windows Store, take two | Ars Technica

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Microsoft: Free Windows 10 for THIEVES and PIRATES? They can GET STUFFED

Think you’ll be getting a free upgrade to Windows 10 from your pirated copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1? Not so fast.For months, rumors have been swirling that suggested Microsoft was so eager to get its entire customer base onto Windows 10 that it will extend its free upgrade offer even to those who obtained their copies of Windows by, um, questionable means. Well, it seems that may not be true after all. Or not entirely true. Or something.More ReadingNew Windows 10 Build 10122 aims to fix file association hijackingPenn State University network sacked by China malware blitzOperation Redstone: Microsoft preps double Windows update in 2016PIRATES and THIEVES to get Windows 10 as BOOTYMicrosoft tells big biz: No free Windows 10 for you, crack wallets openMicrosoft operating systems exec veep Terry Myerson weighed in on Friday to clarify the software giant’s position on “Non-Genuine” Windows installs – although as clarity goes, his comments were hardly crystal.

Read on, source: Microsoft: Free Windows 10 for THIEVES and PIRATES? They can GET STUFFED • The Channel

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Try to contain your joy: Microsoft emits Windows Server 2016 with nano-services

Ignite 2015 Microsoft has shipped the second Technical Preview of what it’s now officially calling Windows Server 2016 and has announced Azure Stack, a new offering that bundles up Redmond’s public cloud infrastructure into a version that can run in customers’ own data centers.The new Windows Server build was released to coincide with Redmond’s inaugural Ignite conference in Chicago this week, an event that combines the former TechEd with a variety of targeted events that Microsoft used to hold for various products throughout the year.

Read on, source: Try to contain your joy: Microsoft emits Windows Server 2016 with nano-services • The Register

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Cisco strengthens its hardware-defined networking products

Cisco has introduced a new Fibre Channel fabric switch to better connect virtualised servers to all-flash arrays, seeing a rise in back-end array connection port-counts and speed needed to satisfy all-flash array IO demands.It’s also bumped up its mainframe FICON connect speed and spread 40GbitE support across its Nexus switches.

Read on, source: Cisco strengthens its hardware-defined networking products • The Register