Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 Update for Windows 10 on October 2, 2018, officially. The company published updated tools to upgrade to a new version of Windows 10 and enabled the update on Windows Update as well but only for users and administrators who clicked on the "check for updates" button manually in the Windows Update interface. Reports started to emerge soon thereafter that, once again, updates were not processing as smoothly as possible for some users. User reports suggested that personal files were deleted on some machines and that there were a number of issues next to that. Microsoft itself blocked updates for devices with certain hardware or software configurations outright as these configurations were known to have issues with the new version of Windows 10. The company posted an update on the official Windows 10 version 1809 support page on the Microsoft website on October 5, 2018. There it revealed that it decided to pause the rollout of the update because of data loss reports by users who performed the upgrade on PCs. Microsoft urges customers to wait with the installation of the Windows 10 feature update; users who downloaded the ISO files manually or created installation media are urged not to install it until new media is available. Further explanation is posted on Our Forum.

Google in a convicted abuser of its monopoly positions, having been fined on two occasions by the European Commission for anti-competitive behavior. Now the company may be facing the heat closer to home, according to the New York Post, who reports that the Department of Justice is looking into starting an investigation into Google’s abuse of its Android monopoly in the USA. According to the Post’s two sources, Makan Delrahim told senators at a hearing the feds could investigate Google’s use of the Android mobile operating system. Google has already been investigated by the FTC for abusive practices in its search monopoly in 2013, but after a 20-month investigation, this came to nothing. Since then, however, President Trump has come to power, and while generally favorable to big business, he is not a fan of Google and other internet companies, who he feels is biased against him. In August President Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow said the administration was “taking a look” at whether Google should be regulated and would do “some investigation and some analysis”. Google we convicted in July by the EU of abusing its dominant position in Android and has until the 22nd of October to present solutions to the European Commission. Some have suggested this may include unbundling the Google Play Store from Google’s other apps and services, which would allow companies such as Amazon, Facebook and also Microsoft to compete with Google on a much more level playing field. Feeling the heat in the USA also may make Google more likely to offer an effective settlement. Learn more on this by visiting OUR FORUM.