Windows XP lives again

The Windows 8 lockscreen is a new element introduced by Microsoft in the latest edition of the Windows operating system. Unlike its predecessors, Windows 7, Vista or XP, Windows 8 requires a lockscreen because it’s a...

Online retailer Amazon has revealed that Microsoft will stop selling the highly popular Windows 7 Family Pack from January 1st, 2011. The Windows 7 Family Pack page on Amazon's website says that the software pack will be up for...

Software giant Microsoft has warned enterprise users of its Windows XP operating system Service Pack 2 to upgrade, as the company will cease to support the software after July.Microsoft will be offering a break-fix scheme to...

Microsoft, the company behind the Xbox gaming console, has stopped supporting the original version of its Windows Vista operating system from Tuesday, which means that in order to get support from the company, existing Vista...

Microsoft Corp. is all set bid farewell to some of its most popular operating systems of the past decade or so, as the software maker has announced that it will cease support for the likes of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2),...

Putting an end to the abounding rumours about the precise launch date of Microsoft Office 2010 suite, tech website Beta News is reporting that the software giant is planning to ship the next iteration in June next year.While the...

Microsoft has announced that it would be significantly cutting the prices of its next generation Windows 7 operating system although Europeans would still have to substantially more than their US counterparts. The fact that...

It's been a few hours now since I've taken the plunge, downloaded and installed the release candidate version of Microsoft's latest and greatest operating system, Windows 7 on my main working computer. I have worked out five...

US district court judge Marsha Pechman ruled that the "Vista Capable" lawsuit should not be allowed to proceed as a Class Action case, much to the relief of Microsoft. In her ruling, the judge recognised that there was "Absent...

A Californian woman, who was charged $59.25 by Microsoft to downgrade from Windows Vista to XP when she purchased a Lenovo laptop, has filed a lawsuit against software giant Microsoft arguing that it violates antitrust...

Microsoft will release six versions of Windows 7 in a bid to extend its "divide and rule" strategy on the desktop with each version being the super set of the former. In a press statement, the Redmond-based company confirmed...

Microsoft will be issuing a single patch on Tuesday addressing a critical flaw that could enable a hacker to seize control over victim’s computer remotely, the company announced on Thursday.   The vulnerability is...

Microsoft will give developers a rare insight inside Windows Seven, the eagerly awaited successor to Vista, as early as next October at the Professional Developers Conference and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. ...

Japanese manufacturer Toshiba has managed to arm-twist Microsoft in order to get the permission to launch its new laptop with recovery DVDs for both Vista and XP.In what looks to be a move many desktop/laptop manufacturers...

Windows 2003 and Windows XP users have been warned to be on alert as Microsoft and Macrovision work together to close a vulnerability on those two operating systems.The problem comes from a weakness in a Macrovision driver which...