{"id":661,"date":"2015-01-22T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T09:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apixel.com.sg\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2015-01-22T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T09:37:10","slug":"windows-10-upgrade-free-for-owners-of-windows-7-and-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apixel.com.sg\/blog\/windows-10-upgrade-free-for-owners-of-windows-7-and-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 upgrade free for owners of Windows 7 and 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh news from Microsoft&#8217;s painfully aspiration\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/windows10story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 10 briefing<\/a><\/strong>. 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