Google reminds EU that Microsoft's cloudy licensing still stinks a year later

This hasn't escaped the attention of some regulatory authorities, with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) finding last year that Microsoft's licensing was restricting cloud choice, ...
PC World

This $55 Microsoft Office lifetime license comes with Windows 11 Pro

TL;DR: Right now, you can get Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office for life for only $54.97 (reg. $418.99). For every month you pay it, your Microsoft 365 subscription becomes a worse deal. Instead of ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Previews SQL Server 2025 with Ubuntu 24.04 and TLS 1.3

Microsoft has announced the SQL Server 2025 preview, and this update is a big one for developers and IT teams. The Release Candidate 0 (RC0) introduces two major upgrades, including support for Ubuntu ...
Macworld

A lifetime license for Microsoft Office now costs less than a single year of Microsoft 365

Your Microsoft 365 subscription becomes a worse deal the longer you use it. A single year of Microsoft 365 costs $99.99 at minimum, and you’re never done paying for it. Alternatively, a Microsoft ...
Gizmodo

This Microsoft Office Lifetime License for 77% Off Lets You Say Goodbye to One More Monthly Subscription Fee

It seems everything these days has shifted to solutions-as-a-service. Movie tickets, streaming—hell, toothbrushes aren’t even safe from the subscription model. Things we used to just pay for once and ...
Reuters

Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say

WASHINGTON/LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab server software compromised about 100 organizations as of the weekend, two of ...