windows xp news from FierceCIO

Microsoft has announced that it is updating the XP Mode in Windows 7 to no longer require the use of CPU support for virtualization--such as Intel's VT or AMD's AMD-V. XP Mode is a feature found in... Read more...

Rumors have it that Microsoft will be releasing the first service pack for the popular Windows 7 operating system toward the end of 2010, or about Q4 of this year. Using previous Windows releases as... Read more...

It appears that one of the updates in this month's Patch Tuesday is triggering a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) on a limited number of computers. So far, the culprit has been narrowed down to update... Read more...

The results are in: Microsoft sold significantly more copies of the Windows 7 operating system in the week after its official launch than was achieved by Windows Vista in 2007. To be precise,... Read more...

Windows 7, the newest operating system from Microsoft, has finally launched across the globe. I've written previously about how much I loved the increased stability and faster boot-up and hibernation... Read more...

On Thursday, Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of the Windows 7 XP Mode. XP Mode was intended to ease the transition to Windows 7 by using virtualization to provide a Windows XP... Read more...

Don Reisinger over at eWeek wrote about how Microsoft is doing a poor job in convincing enterprise companies to upgrade to Windows 7. He thinks that the arguments that Microsoft made--via a sponsored... Read more...

According to browser usage statistics from Net Applications, the lead that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has on other browsers continues to narrow. For example, Mozilla Firefox now stands at... Read more...

Computerworld has a piece which talks about how a number of tech-related sites have complained about the lower battery efficiency of Windows 7. With Windows 7 scheduled for general availability in... Read more...

Intel set out two years ago to create a PC-like device that booted quickly and without the average two to three minutes of waiting as it loads. So said Dirk Hotndel, chief open source and Linux... Read more...