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Computerworld Weekly Top 10 Jan 22, 2016 Latest Microsoft PR fail: New PCs don't support Windows 7, nor 8.1 Microsoft makes this full-of-fail "clarification" to its Windows support policy. With zero notice, older versions of Windows lose their support status on the latest PC hardware -- your downgrade rights have effectively been wrenched from your hands... Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Brave is the name, ad-blocking the game of new browser • FAQ: Microsoft mandates new Windows support rules • How to save on mobile plans: Your guide to 17 no-contract carriers • John Brandon: Read this before you hand out an iPad Pro to anyone in the office • IT Blogwatch: Stop using poor passwords! Here are 25 fail-worthy ideas • What to do when your iPhone keeps requesting your iCloud password • Virtual reality meets 3D printing with HP's Sprout Pro • Looking to the future: 5 new ideas from CES 2016 • Ransomware: 7 tips for recovery and prevention Video/Webcast: IBM Corporation 168% ROI from your Collaboration investment? Yes, it is possible with IBM Connections! Watch this webcast and gain new financial insights and proof points from IBM clients realizing significant benefits from IBM Connections.You will also see a social business transformation that also delivers real IT savings. Read More ▶ Brave is the name, ad-blocking the game of new browser Brendan Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and for an 11-day stint, its CEO, announced a new browser called "Brave," that blocks outside online ads and ad tracking. Read More ▶ FAQ: Microsoft mandates new Windows support rules Microsoft last week issued what it called a "clarification" of its support policy that was more a set of new rules that customers must follow when buying Windows devices. Read More ▶ How to save on mobile plans: Your guide to 17 no-contract carriers The old two-year-contract business model for mobile phone plans is all but abandoned. And there are more choices than ever: We look at 17 alternate mobile service carriers. Read More ▶ John Brandon: Read this before you hand out an iPad Pro to anyone in the office Your business users may be clamoring for Apple's high-end tablet. Take these steps before deploying. Read More ▶ IT Blogwatch: Stop using poor passwords! Here are 25 fail-worthy ideas These are 25 of the "worst" passwords, at least, in the opinion of a password-manager vendor. As you might expect, they're all stupid... Read More ▶ What to do when your iPhone keeps requesting your iCloud password You are not the victim. Take control!! Read More ▶ Virtual reality meets 3D printing with HP's Sprout Pro HP's Sprout Pro is a souped up version of the original Sprout PC that shipped in late 2014. Read More ▶ Looking to the future: 5 new ideas from CES 2016 Among the hundreds of companies vying for attention at this year's CES trade show, there were many showing off new and innovative technologies. Here are five that caught our eye. Read More ▶ Ransomware: 7 tips for recovery and prevention Ransomware is a rather insidious form of malware that attempts to render all of your important files unreadable, until you pay the perpetrator a ransom to restore them. Once paid, you may or may not be given the key needed to restore your files. The best approach to ransomware, by far, is prevention. This article will describe the keys to avoiding ransomware, and will provide advice for what to do if the worst happens. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: IBM Corporation A New Way To Work : Collaborate on Cloud, Web and Mobile in ways you've never seen before Learn how you can work faster and better using the collaboration tools from IBM. Read More ▶ IT Careers 2016: What's important to IT professionals? Check out our January Digital Magazine, which features results from Computerworld's IT Careers 2016 survey. We polled more than 200 IT professionals to learn their top concerns, what's most important to them in their jobs and what would entice them to switch jobs. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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