For Microsoft, backward compatibility is a tremendous competitive advantage. It's also a support nightmare, not just for the engineers who have to deliver patches but for third-party developers and ...

Beta 1 of Internet Explorer 7 has a simple, even unfinished look. It comes with five toolbars: the tabbed-browsing bar, address bar, the file-menu bar, the button-function bar (the only true "toolbar" ...

April, the month that theoretically saw Windows XP drop out of support, was unfortunately not marked by the precipitous decline of Windows XP usage on the Internet. It was down, a little bit, but it ...

The critical Internet Explorer flaw that left every desktop version of Microsoft's Web browser vulnerable was patched today (May 1) — even for Windows XP, the outdated operating system that Microsoft ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing a set of patches for all of its currently supported ...

Internet Explorer 8 allegedly has a serious security flaw that would allow an attacker to remotely take control of a user's computer. And since Windows XP users can't upgrade to a more modern version ...

Windows XP users are getting their first taste of life without security updates after the discovery of a major flaw within the Internet Explorer Web browser. Microsoft Corp. issued a warning regarding ...

Windows XP does more to integrate the Internet into its everyday operation and make networking simpler than any previous version of Windows. Security is improved thanks to the bundled firewall and ...

Internet Explorer 7.0, the next version of Microsoft’s Web browser, won’t just run on Windows XP with Service Pack 2, but will also be available for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 and Windows ...

All my friends at Microsoft are sick of my endless jokes about their company's continuing problems with naming. They have stopped laughing every time I mention the imminent release of Microsoft ...

You’ve heard of Christmas in July. Well how about spring cleaning in January? Microsoft is kicking off 2016 with arguably its most significant Patch Tuesday in ...

Microsoft confirmed today that a future Windows update will permanently disable the Internet Explorer web browser on users' systems. This was revealed on Wednesday, June 15, the day Internet Explorer ...