Microsoft will offer free upgrades to Windows 10 for the first year after the operating system launches, Microsoft\u2019s executive vice president of Operating Systems Terry Myerson said on 21 January 2015.<\/p>\n
Addressing journalists at a press event held at Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, Myerson said the free upgrade will be available to Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1 users.<\/p>\n
Once a device is upgraded to Windows 10, Microsoft will keep it current for the \u201csupported lifetime for the device\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can think of Windows as one of the largest Internet services on the planet,\u201d said Myerson.<\/p>\n
Just like all other online services, the question \u201cwhat version are you running\u201d will cease to make sense, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what about enterprise?\u201d Myerson asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to support the way Windows works today, with long term branches and long term support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Windows 10 is currently in preview via the Windows Insider Programme. Microsoft has previously said it will be available by \u201cfall 2015\u201d (September \u2013 December 2015).<\/p>\n
Microsoft also officially unveiled \u201cProject Spartan\u201d, a web browser that was rumoured to be in development to replace Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think it\u2019s the right time to build a new browser for the modern web,\u201d Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president for the Operating Systems group at Microsoft told journalists at the company\u2019s Redmond headquarters on 21 January 2015.<\/p>\n
Built on Microsoft\u2019s new cross-device application framework, Belfiore said they were focusing on three \u201csignificant features\u201d:<\/p>\n
Note-taking directly on a web page, with either touch using your finger or pen, or with a keyboard.<\/p>\n
Reading Mode and Reading List, providing layout and offline reading features similar to those in Safari, as well as Pocket and Instapaper.<\/p>\n
Cortana integration. Microsoft will be bringing its voice assistant software from Windows Phone to the desktop version of Windows 10, and will also integrate it into its new browser.<\/p>\n
Project Spartan will come to the Windows Insider Programme in the next \u201c3, 4, 5 months,\u201d Belfiore said, explaining that features will be rolled out at different times.<\/p>\n
According to a report by MyBroadband<\/a>, Microsoft will also be releasing holographic technology and accompanying headset in the Windows 10 timeframe, dubbed the Microsoft HoloLens.<\/p>\n Republished with permission from MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/p>\n Windows 10 launching later than expected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft fixes 19 year old Windows bug<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on Microsoft<\/h3>\n