The launch of Windows 10 is just 10 days away. Software developer Microsoft CorporationMSFT has already announced that it will be free for many current Windows users. Microsoft will offer upgrades to current Windows 7 and Windows 8 users
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There were plenty of signs that this was coming. Earlier this week, Microsoft dropped a mobile bomb. In a troubling but inevitable concession, Microsoft confirmed that it will lay off 7,800 unlucky workers, most of