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Microsoft is updating its Windows Genuine Advantage tool this week with "significant updates" designed to make things even more uncomfortable for owners of non-genuine Windows. The changes are Read more...

One of the top PC makers, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed that the number of machines loaded with Windows XP that it is selling outstrips that of Windows Vista. On the surface, this appears to fly Read more...

It has been just days since Microsoft halted sales of the venerable Windows XP operating system via retail channels or pre-installed on full-fledged PCs and laptops. Yesterday, Microsoft issued a Read more...

As of Monday, June 30, Microsoft has stopped offering boxed copies of the seven-year-old Windows XP operating system for sale. Having said that, various levels of product support for Windows XP Read more...

Microsoft has updated both its Virtual PC 2007 and Read more...

A new survey has found that fewer than 1 in 12 programmers currently are writing applications targeting Windows Vista, with most still sticking with ASP.Net and Windows Forms applications and finding Read more...

HP has confirmed that the existence of an endless-reboot problem with certain systems that are based on processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) after the installation of Windows XP service

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Limited trials of Windows XP on the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is slated to begin next month in "four or five" countries. The general availability of Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop will follow

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Been waiting with baited breath for Microsoft to resume downloads for Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1? Breathe a sigh of relief. The company has apparently managed to sort out Read more...

Researchers at Princeton University have discovered a means to eliminate nano flaws or minuscule defects in computer chips, a breakthrough that could improve chip performance and allow manufacturers Read more...