Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it will no longer be offering Windows XP to netbook manufacturers from October 2010. This strategic move by Microsoft is aimed at encouraging netbook manufacturers ...

Windows XP Home will be available for OEMs to install on ULCPCs either until June 30, 2010, or one year after the availability of the Windows 7, whichever date comes later Microsoft confirmed Thursday ...

This is the last day Microsoft will install the Windows XP operating system on new computers. XP was introduced in 2001 and outlived its successor Windows Vista. It's now being supplanted by Windows 7 ...

Just a day before Microsoft Corp. drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company announced on Monday that people running some versions of Windows 7 can “downgrade” to the aged ...

Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least five security vulnerabilities in computers running its Windows operating system and Office applications. Today also marks the planned ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is introducing the Consumer Preview version of its Office ...

Although it hasn't said much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, Microsoft already is working on one. Microsoft released during the first ...

Last month was a mix of good news and bad news for Microsoft. The good? Windows XP finally fell below the 60 percent mark. The bad? Internet Explorer continues to explore new market share lows as IE8 ...

Microsoft is using a widely publicized flaw in Internet Explorer as a way to push users to upgrade both their browsers and operating systems. On its Security Research & Defense blog, Microsoft ...