Attention, Windows XP users: The clock is ticking. Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP one year from today, on April 8, 2014. This will mean no more security updates, fixes or paid support for computers still running the operating system. Despite being more than 11 years old, Windows XP remains very popular, running… Read More…
Attention, Microsoft: It’s probably time to send a sales rep to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A video by Boing Boing, showing NASA officials celebrating the historic landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars last night, provided a different type of curiosity for Windows watchers. Namely, why is the space agency still running an 11-year-old version… Read More…
With the release of Windows 8 approaching, Microsoft is making a bid for the attention of existing Windows users by streamlining and lowering the cost of upgrading. PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro via online download for $39.99, with an option to add… Read More…
Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows Vista today, and I’m getting a little choked up just thinking about it. OK, not quite, but in contrast with the PC users and Microsoft executives who would rather forget about the ill-fated operating system, I actually have lots of fond memories of Windows Vista. As a reporter… Read More…
Ten years ago today, on Oct. 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP to the world. A decade later, much of the technology world is completely different, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at many PCs today. Almost half of personal computers around the world are still running Windows XP — like a threadbare winter coat… Read More…
Microsoft this morning announced that Windows 7 has reached 350 million licenses sold in 18 months on the market. It’s an impressive number on the surface, but absent any other context it’s hard to get a sense for what the number actually means. Here’s my best attempt to put it in perspective based on some… Read More…
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