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Time finally runs out for Windows XP
News The 23 June letter, entitled 'An Update on the Windows Roadmap', from Bill Veghte, senior vice president, online services and Windows business group, reiterated that PC makers won't be getting more copies of Windows XP to load on new machines... [25 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News The downside is that only pricier versions of Vista qualify but the benefit is that the machines come with the option to eventually move to Vista for no added fee. Some computer makers are using this option to offer machines that appear as Windows... [16 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up While the root cause of this issue is complex, it results from OEMs improperly placing a Windows XP image created for an Intel-based computer onto machines with non-Intel chipsets. The next big tech event to be held at the Moscone Center is the... [16 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up Technically, the computers will be Vista Business or Vista Ultimate machines that have been factory downgraded to XP at the customer's request. In practice, they are more like XP machines that come with an already paid-for upgrade to Vista when and... [02 May 2008]
Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive
News Taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, HP and Dell both plan to offer machines loaded with XP well beyond June. Technically, the computers will be Vista Business or Vista Ultimate machines... [28 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News It's a category that covers machines with slower processors, smaller screens and, in many cases, flash memory, rather than a traditional hard drive, for storage. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out... [24 Apr 2008]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo There were eventually 10 working Colossus machines at Bletchley. An improved Colossus Mark II was first installed in June 1944 and was working in time for commander Eisenhower and field marshall Montgomery to be sure Hitler had swallowed the... [16 Nov 2007]
Microsoft extends Windows XP's lifeline
News Microsoft also plans to keep XP on retail shelves longer and will allow computer makers in emerging markets to build machines with Windows XP Starter Edition until June 2010. In recent weeks, several PC makers launched programs that allow new PC... [28 Sep 2007]
Alliance & Leicester banking on self-service
News The bank said 34 per cent of counter-based card transactions in branches with deposit-taking ATMs have now migrated to the machines, which it said was "improving productivity". The bank said more than 40 per cent of its core product sales came... [30 Jul 2007]
Apple cuts prices for Christmas
News Apple introduced a range of new machines on Tuesday, as it gears up for the annual Christmas shopping season. That display was announced in June, but just started shipping in volume two weeks ago -- weeks later than Apple had planned. [20 Oct 2004]
Desk lamp iMac no longer "flat out cool"
News Portable machines now account for nearly half of Apple's unit sales. By June of that year, there were already signs that demand was flattening out. It may have been "flat-out cool" - as Time proclaimed on its 2002 arrival - but "flat" had also... [05 Jul 2004]
Microsoft users addicted to older Windows
News Windows XP, the most current version of Windows, was found on just 6.6 per cent of the machines. The study, released this week by technology consultant AssetMetrix, found that more than 80 per cent of companies still have some machines using... [15 Dec 2003]
Apple aims to hush recent Power Macs
News Apple Computer is offering owners of some of its recently introduced Power Macs the ability to make their machines a little less noisy. A website was set up devoted to the topic, including sound clips said to be recorded from offending machines. [24 Feb 2003]
IBM ships 10 millionth GameCube chip
News Rival Sony announced this week that it has sold 40 million of its PlayStation 2 game machines. Microsoft reported worldwide sales of four million Xbox units as of June 30. The company expects worldwide sales of nine million to 11 million by the end... [20 Sep 2002]
IBM fails to achieve complete internal compliance
News IBM would not confirm whether threats to remove non-compliant machines from the internal network would be carried out. June 30 was the final cut-off point for IBM Global's millennium-compliance programme, as reported by Silicon.com earlier this week. [02 Jul 1999]
