Microsoft Corp. Thursday will officially launch its long-awaited successor to Windows 98, a new operating system called Windows XP. The most attractive feature for consumers, reviewers say, is its ...

Microsoft's Windows XP remains the most-used operating system in the world, new figures suggest. Stats from NetApplications reveal that the decade-old software saw a small resurgence in January, ...

Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP on Tuesday, and with an estimated 30 percent of businesses and consumers still using the 12-year-old operating system, the move could ...

On April 8, 2014, Microsoft ceased providing support for its Windows XP operating system and Office 2003 office suite. Nelson Gomes, CEO and president of PriorityOne Group, a provider of information ...

For anyone who bought a Windows-based computer this summer - including the hundreds of freshmen who purchased new laptops for school - it probably came with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows ...

Is your older computer a ticking time bomb? A new article in PC Pro warns that computers running Windows XP are about to become exactly that, with the operating system’s 2014 support deadline likely ...

Although Microsoft Corp. will not officially release its Windows XP operating system until Oct. 25, it has allowed PC makers to begin shipping machines loaded with the new OS as of Monday, which ...

Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP as the world's most-used operating system. StatCounter's latest figures confirm that Microsoft's most recent OS is being used by 40.21% of global PC owners, while ...

As more details of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system trickle out here at WinHEC 2001, Greg Sullivan, a lead product manager for Microsoft, said the new OS will eventually replace all of the ...

Apple Computer Corp.'s decision to open its newest line of Mac computers to the Windows XP operating system is a departure for a company that doesn't usually acknowledge the Windows-using universe.