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RSS xp in newsOpen source to 'blow mobiles open'
News Software vendor Citrix recently demonstrated the potential of virtualisation on a mobile handset by creating a Windows XP environment on an iPhone utilising a thin client. Open source software will mean the end of... [30 Jun 2008]
Time finally runs out for Windows XP
News Despite months of rumours that Microsoft might rethink its decision to pull the plug on Windows XP, the official word is: XP is on its way out. Microsoft is sticking to its plan to cease providing PC... [25 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News The low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until 30 June 2010. Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Not only does the date mark the... [16 Jun 2008]
IBM sings a Symphony to rival Office
News Symphony 1.0 is now available as a standalone package, running on Windows Vista and XP, as well as on major Linux versions including Suse and Red Hat. IBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus... [09 Jun 2008]
Microsoft readies "Quebec" embedded Vista OS
News Although it hasn't said much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, Microsoft is already working on one. This week Microsoft released a new test build of its latest... [06 Jun 2008]
Watch out business - Vista's after you
News The company on Wednesday released a whitepaper targeted at the many businesses that have chosen to stick with Windows XP instead of moving to Vista. Compared with Windows XP, Vista has had fewer... [05 Jun 2008]
Windows exec plugs Vista's "green agenda"
News The objective view is that Vista is being adopted at the same rate, in fact a slightly quicker rate, than XP was adopted," he said. Eighteen months after its launch, Windows Vista is growing in popularity because of its... [27 May 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. In an attempt to reinforce its claim that... [21 May 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News There was initial criticism of iPlayer due to it only being available on the Windows XP platform, but the BBC has worked to introduce the service on other platforms such as Virgin Media.iPlayer's popularity has also... [20 May 2008]
Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback
News Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) features tweaks to the user interface across all operating systems - Windows Vista and XP, Mac OS X and Linux - as well as "fixes and improvements to platform features, to improve... [20 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News 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. The survey, released by US research firm... [19 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more susceptible... [16 May 2008]
Gov't department readies for Vista rollout
News The Vista upgrade is part of a regular technical refresh of Defra systems and was chosen over XP to avoid another near term upgrade, saving time and resources. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... [15 May 2008]
XP SP3 starts endless reboot for some AMD PCs
News Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle. Microsoft said in a statement: "While the root cause of this issue is complex, it... [14 May 2008]
Windows XP SP3 users warned over IE downgrades
News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned. [12 May 2008]
