microsoft windows xp slashes
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft is not ending support for Windows XP. Despite a brief "save XP" movement (and continued criticism of Windows Vista from many corners), it appears Microsoft is not going to change the deadline... [16 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft In response to claims last week by Austin Wilson, director of Windows client security product management, that statistics collected using Microsoft's... [21 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag A survey has found an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. [19 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight-year-old Windows... [16 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Many see it as a hindrance to performing everyday tasks, as it requests confirmation for many actions where no user confirmation was needed in Vista... [29 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand it stick around. Microsoft does plan to continue selling Windows XP for a... [24 Apr 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 finally a go The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee chair have both... [21 Apr 2008]
Windows XP SP3 a go this month?
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft schedule. Other XP users will get access to the pack on 28 April via Microsoft Update... [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Silver said he recommends IT executives do use Vista - but on an attrition basis, so that, as PCs with Windows XP are retired, they are replaced with PCs running Vista. [11 Apr 2008]
Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000 - which lost around six per cent of users - rather than XP, which Vista is intended to replace. [02 Apr 2008]
Vista SP1 problems? Relax, Microsoft will offer some help
News Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Microsoft blogger Brandon Le Blanc said: "We are offering free-of-charge support to anyone who is having issues installing Windows Vista SP1. [25 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…
Comment Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Having been exposed to Vista I have to say Windows 98 is still the best OS produced by MS - and now XP is sort of stable I can live with XP. Shame it's Vista they are selling, don't suppose there's any... [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag
News Initially pitched as a high-end version above Windows XP Pro, Microsoft eventually lowered the price to not much higher than Windows XP Home and saw it become the dominant consumer version. Brooks also pointed to the increase in sales Microsoft saw... [29 Feb 2008]
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