The last report to come out of Microsoft comparing Windows XP's and Windows Vista's security encompassed the first year year after their respective release. The conclusion was that Vista was more ...

Microsoft's party line for the past few months has been that it wasn't going to get Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 out the door until some time in the first half of 2008. But this week, Microsoft ...

Bink.nu is reporting that Microsoft has moved its release date of Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the summer of 2006 to the second half of 2007. This news comes hot off of Microsoft’s recent "accident" ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is ...

Despite the fact that customers still want Windows XP, Microsoft has decided that it will not be issued to OEMs by the end of the year. According to a spokesman from Lenovo, Microsoft's contracts are ...

Microsoft is ending support of Windows XP on Tuesday, forcing a shift to an alternate operating system for a large number of consumers and businesses and increasing security risks for those who don’t ...

The hack seemingly allows XP users to continue to install security updates, but Microsoft is advising people not to use it. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

TIME is finally running out for the 500m or so people around the world who still rely on Windows XP to perform their daily computing chores. In less than a year, Microsoft will leave them—your ...