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Whether coincidence or a pure disdain for even numbers, Microsoft is replacing the current top-end Office 365 Enterprise E4 SKU with an all new E5 plan.

Microsoft kicked off its Worldwide Partner Conference this morning by showing off Project GigJam, a new service supposedly years in the making that hopes to provide a whole new way for people to involve others in business tasks.

Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile are the hot topics here at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Fla. The mobility of the Office experience is of particular interest to partners, and Microsoft isn’t holding back on showing off new productivity experiences across devices, thanks to an updated suite of Universal Office Apps that will run across phones, tablets, and desktops.

Remember that ThinkCenter Tiny-in-One we reviewed not long ago, where the M92p could just slide right in to power it? Now there’s a Chrome version.

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for all Windows 7 and 8.1 users if done within the first year of release. Today at the WinHEC technology conference in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson revealed that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to users regardless of whether the current Windows installation is genuine or not.

Consumers and businesses proved that if they like a version of Windows, they’re happy to stick with it forever. That’s part of the reason why Windows XP, even unsupported and older than some teenage children, is still in use. Microsoft simply isn’t willing to let Windows 7, the last truly loved OS out of Redmond, to become the next XP. As a result, for the first year after launch, anyone running a PC with Windows 7 or later will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 absolutely free.

The new NAS unit offers physical protection against fire and water, digital encryption, and improved speed and throughput.

ChannelPro is live today at Tigerpaw’s 2014 Partner Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago. Tigerpaw is looking to draw more than 300 attedees to their conference over the next few days, and word on the street is that they’ll have some big announcements in store.

The kick off begins at 8:15AM Central Time, so stick around.

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Navdy is a company hoping the buzz around Google Glass (good or bad, I suppose) will drum up pre-order sales for its new “heads-up display” technology that projects a semi-transparent image of your smartphone apps within your field of view so you can interact with your smartphone while driving.

Newly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to the stage at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington D.C., driving home his recently announced focus for Microsoft as a company.