Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it will no longer be offering Windows XP to netbook manufacturers from October 2010. This strategic move by Microsoft is aimed at encouraging netbook manufacturers ...

A lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers to download and install an update for Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) under the guise that it was critical security update has been tossed out.

Despite valiant efforts to push its Windows licensees to adopt Vista and the forthcoming Windows 7, Microsoft has one again agreed to extend the option of selling Windows XP for use on new PCs for ...

You know that it's a slow news day when Windows XP cracks the headlines, but you also know that the operating system is alive and well when its death is reported over and over again. There's no free ...

In 10 weeks, Microsoft Corp. will begin to retire Windows XP by shifting the seven-year-old operating system into a more limited support plan. Windows XP, Microsoft’s most successful operating system ...

As expected, our entry last week about Windows XP slowly dying brought XP fans out with claims that the operating system is very much alive and well. (And it must be, considering your editor is using ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Public outcry over the loss of Windows XP has arrived to Microsoft, who has relented on their ...

With 240 million copies sold, Windows 7 has certainly been hugely successful. Windows XP, however, remains the most common version of Windows, and corporate customers are a big part of Windows XP’s ...

Microsoft [MSFT] has extended the Windows 7 deadline for users who want to downgrade their operating system to Windows XP until 2020. Users who are running some versions of Windows 7 will still have ...