The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

First and foremost, I don't recommend doing this yourself. I created an isolated virtual machine and used a firewall to prevent it from access the rest of my home network. Then I downloaded malware ...

Microsoft will cut off support to its 12-year-old operating system Windows XP at about 1 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, leaving more than a quarter of the world’s computers effectively undefended ...

Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system was released the same year that Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’” hit No. 1 on Billboard, 2001. Yet Microsoft has continued to support and update the aging OS -- until now ...

Microsoft may have discovered the ultimate turnoff. The company's new product-activation technology, which locks Office XP or Windows XP to a particular PC hardware configuration, can deactivate ...

A week before Microsoft (MSFT) ends support for Windows XP, Net Applications reports that 27.7% of PC users online in March were running the 12-year-old operating system. XP is the No. 2 PC operating ...

Hats off to Microsoft, it just saved 1 in 4 of the world’s PCs. That is the frightening proportion still running Windows XP and all of them were left crippled after ...

I always thought Microsoft was in the business of making money. If you are a shareholder, go to the next meeting and ask the bigwigs why Microsoft is leaving what can amount to billions of dollars on ...