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• Windows 10 disk images let users skip wait for November upgrade

  14-11-2015 13:19
  
  Microsoft this week posted links to disk image files in .iso format for Windows 10's first upgrade, giving users a way to install the latest version of the OS without waiting for the company to push the code via Windows Update.
  With a disk image, users can create installation media -- such as a flash drive or DVD -- for one-off or multiple-device migrations to Windows 10, or to reinstall the operating system over a corrupted copy.
  The .iso files -- which for the English edition were sized at 2.
  
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• Is the IT offshore industry’s business model illegal?

  14-11-2015 01:51
  
  The IEEE-USA is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to consider whether the business model used by many offshore outsourcing firms -- replacing U.S. workers with visa holders -- violates the law.
  Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-CT), who represents the IEEE-USA, recently sent a "technical assistance letter" to the DOJ's Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices. This letter is a formal request for help interpreting the law. But the DOJ isn't obligated to
  
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• Morgan Stanley kicks tires on ARM servers, wants a rival for Intel

  14-11-2015 00:48
  
  A lot has been written about servers based on ARM processors, but there's little data about how many are actually being used in production. That’s still the case, but we now have another large customer that’s at least admitted to trying them out -- and it’s reasons for doing so are not good for Intel.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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