Holiday ‘Bliss’: Microsoft’s latest ugly sweater features iconic Windows XP desktop image The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the… Read More
Search for software ‘Bliss’: Iconic desktop image from Microsoft’s Windows XP still lures hill seekers Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the default desktop wallpaper image for Microsoft’s… Read More
Windows dressing: Microsoft’s latest holiday ‘ugly sweater’ soft-wear pays tribute to XP Microsoft seems to have rebooted a holiday idea from last season and is bringing back some “ugly sweater” soft-wear that… Read More
Three decades of Windows: The quirks and success of Microsoft’s most lasting achievement Thirty years ago today, Microsoft joined a competitive race with the introduction of Windows 1.0. Apple had already introduced its Mac… Read More
Windows 10 adoption starts to level off, three months after introduction There are already 110 million Windows 10 users, according to Microsoft, but the new operating system still accounts for less than… Read More
New stats: Microsoft’s fastest-growing OS is … not Windows 8 Microsoft’s Windows 7 continued its rebound in June, climbing to 50.55 percent of worldwide desktop operating system usage. And despite… Read More
Windows 7 tops 50% of desktop PC usage for first time Windows 7 is making a mid-life comeback. Five years after its release, the Microsoft operating system surpassed 50 percent market… Read More
China bans government use of Windows 8 China has banned the use of Windows 8 on government computers, Reuters reported today. Oddly enough, the move came as… Read More
New stats: Windows XP still above 25%, usage declines just barely as support ends You’ll have to pry Windows XP out of their cold, dead hands, apparently. As support for Windows XP ended last… Read More
Microsoft patches IE bug in Windows XP, changing course In a major turn of events in the Internet security world, Microsoft says it will patch a high-profile vulnerability in… Read More
Microsoft under pressure to patch IE bug for Windows XP With a high-profile bug leaving Microsoft’s Internet Explorer vulnerable to attack, and about 25 percent of the world still running Windows XP,… Read More
Want to blow up Clippy? Grab a machine gun and try ‘Escape from XP’ Want to blow up Clippy? Obliterate an old operating system? Here’s your chance. As a part of Microsoft’s ongoing campaign… Read More
Chart: PC industry resets, aims to return to growth The traditional notebook and desktop PC industry experienced its best quarter in nearly two years, according to numbers released by… Read More
Welcome to Ohio: The promised land for Windows XP lovers Ohio is known for a lot of things. LeBron James. The Best Damn Band in the Land. John Glenn. The Amish.… Read More
Microsoft should open-source Windows XP, enable 3rd-party support, says legal scholar With support for Windows XP ending today, an essay in the Michigan Law Review contends that Microsoft should make the… Read More
Attention, Windows XP holdouts: The end is here Are you still running Windows XP? Are you ready for Tuesday? More than 12 years after Windows XP’s release, Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft offers users $100 credit on a new PC to switch from XP Microsoft really wants people to stop using Windows XP. The company launched a new promotion that offers XP users $100 off the… Read More
Microsoft offers $50 gift card, transfer services and free support to get Windows XP users to upgrade In an attempt to coax Windows XP users away from the aging operating system, Microsoft is now offering potential PC buyers a… Read More
Microsoft warns of ‘serious problems’ for businesses that stick with Windows XP Microsoft is trying to convince business owners that it’s time to retire their Windows XP installations, and start using a… Read More
Google to support Chrome browser on Windows XP for an extra year Microsoft is ending all support for Windows XP in April 2014, and doing its best to move users to newer… Read More
With just one year of support left, Windows XP clings to 39% market share Attention, Windows XP users: The clock is ticking. Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP one year from today,… Read More
Dear NASA: Nice work landing on Mars — maybe now you should dump Windows XP? Attention, Microsoft: It’s probably time to send a sales rep to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A video by Boing Boing,… Read More
Windows 8 for $40: Will this convince you to upgrade? With the release of Windows 8 approaching, Microsoft is making a bid for the attention of existing Windows users by… Read More
Farewell, Windows Vista: I’m going to miss you, old friend Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows Vista today, and I’m getting a little choked up just thinking about it.… Read More
Ten years later, Microsoft celebrates Windows XP by asking everyone to move on Ten years ago today, on Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP to the world. A decade later, much of the… Read More
Windows 7 hits 350 million: Putting the data in perspective Microsoft this morning announced that Windows 7 has reached 350 million licenses sold in 18 months on the market. It’s… Read More
