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IE market shares slip under 70 percent; Windows drops below 90 percent

December 2, 2008 — 6:03am ET | By Paul Mah
Internet Explorer's market shares dipped below 70 percent for the first time in the wake of the launch of Google's Chrome web browser, and slightly better showings for Apple's Safari and Mozilla's... Read more...

Vulnerability found in Vista kernel

November 25, 2008 — 5:53am ET | By Paul Mah
Austrian researcher Thomas Unterleitner has discovered a glitch in Windows Vista--a buffer overflow flaw within Vista's networking I/O subsystem. This kernel vulnerability could result in an... Read more...

Microsoft releases out-of-order patch for critical vulnerability

October 24, 2008 — 12:11pm ET | By Paul Mah
A critical vulnerability prompted Microsoft to release an out-of-order update in order to protect against exploitation of what it called a "wormable" flaw. Coined by security program manager... Read more...

Microsoft gives OEMs an additional six months to peddle Windows XP

October 3, 2008 — 12:10pm ET | By Paul Mah
In yet another extension to the long, long death of Windows XP, OEMs were given an additional six months in which they can sell new PCs bundled with an accompanying Windows XP recovery disc. This... Read more...

Microsoft makes additional move to address pirated copies of Windows XP

August 29, 2008 — 11:36am ET | By Paul Mah
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...

HP: Sales of XP outstrips Vista

August 8, 2008 — 8:42am ET | By Paul Mah
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...

Windows XP Service Pack 3 coming very soon

July 8, 2008 — 11:02am ET | By Paul Mah
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...

Microsoft stops offering boxed Windows XP

July 1, 2008 — 2:40am ET | By Paul Mah
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 updates Virtual PC, Server products

May 20, 2008 — 6:08am ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft has updated both its Virtual PC 2007 and Read more...

Vista gets the cold shoulder

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...
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