Neowin News Feed for: Windows xp

Dell: Our corporate customers are still upgrading to Windows 7

John Callaham — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:01:19 +0100

Dell CFO Brian T. Gladden stated this week that corporate customers are still upgrading their workstations to Windows 7 and that the launch of Windows 8 did not boost sales as much as they expected. Read more...

International Space Station dumps Windows XP for Linux

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:04:57 +0100

The International Space Station, which has used laptops with Windows XP in the past, has now decided to dump Microsoft's old OS for Debian 6 that's based on Linux. Read more...

Free TiVo Desktop PC software for Windows ends June 5th

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:21:58 +0100

TiVo will stop providing the free version of its Windows Desktop PC software, which lets users transfer recordings from their TiVo DVR to their PCs, on June 5th, although the $15.99 version will stay. Read more...

Net Applications: Windows 8 up slightly in April to 3.84 percent

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:38:21 +0100

Net Applications's newly updated worldwide operating system market share data for April 2013 shows that Windows 8 went up slightly to 3.84 percent while the share held by Windows XP keeps going down. Read more...

From The Forums: Our readers look back on Windows XP

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:45:22 +0100

In our latest From The Forums feature, some of our readers look back on what they think are some of the more memorable things about Windows XP, less than a year from its official end. Read more...

Windows XP still tops Windows 7 among Unity web player stats

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:30:04 +0100

There are still a lot of people who play games that user Unity's web player software that have Windows XP installed, according to the recently updated hardware statistics from the company. Read more...

Windows XP deadline leads to new Windows 8 price cut for businesses

John Callaham — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:52:45 +0100

As part of their effort to get businesses to stop using Windows XP, Microsoft is offering small and medium size businesses a 15 percent discount to Windows 8 Pro from now until June 30th. Read more...

Microsoft ends Windows XP support one year from today; is the world ready?

John Callaham — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:25:00 +0100

Microsoft will end its official support for Windows XP one year from today on April 8th, 2014. Yet there are a lot of PCs that are still using the OS even though its over 11 years old. Read more...

Windows 8 now used by over 10 percent of Steam owners

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:31:07 +0100

The use of Windows 8 by people who use Valve's Steam service increased again in March and is now being used by over 10 percent of the people who participate in the hardware survey for the service. Read more...

Steam says Windows 8 has overtaken Windows XP

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:51:23 +0000

The number of Windows 8 users on Steam is now more than the number of Windows XP user, according to the newly updated Steam hardware survey report for Feburary 2013. Read more...

Windows 8 market share up slightly in February to 2.79 percent

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:49:20 +0000

Net Applications's newly updated operating system market share data for February shows that Windows 8 went up slightly to 2.79 percent, as it moves ahead of all non Windows operating systems. Read more...

Kaspersky antivirus update cut off Windows XP Internet access; fix now in place

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:21:37 +0000

Kaspersky Labs admitted that an update for its antivirus programs released on Monday cut off access to the Internet for Windows XP users, but it has since released a patch that fixes the problem. Read more...

Microsoft updates Windows digital certificate list to defeat hackers

John Callaham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:49:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced it has launched an update for the Certificate Trust list for all supported versions of Windows to remove one false digital certificate that has been used in hacker attacks. Read more...

Net Applications: Windows 8 running on 1.64 percent of PCs

John Callaham — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:31:52 +0000

Prelimiary data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 was installed on a total of 1.64 percent of all PCs in December, with Windows 8 and RT Touch adding another .06 percent. Read more...

Microsoft releases "Fix-It" patch for IE6-8 exploit

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:00:45 +0000

Microsoft has now released a "Fix It" patch for the exploit that was discovered last week in its Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 versions and is still working on a full update for those browsers. Read more...

Microsoft releases Bing Desktop 1.1; adds Windows 8 support

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:24:52 +0000

Microsoft has released a new version, 1.1, of its Bing Desktop PC application, adding support for Windows 8, Windows XP and Windows Vista, along with some new features. Read more...

Crysis 3 PC requirements revealed; no Windows XP support

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:36:56 +0000

The official Crysis 3 website has revealed the minimal, recommended and high performance PC system requirements for the upcoming sci-fi shooter sequel from Crytek and EA, with no Windows XP support. Read more...

Windows 8 now running on around one percent of all PCs

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:45:30 +0000

New data from Net Applications claims that Windows 8 is now running on a total of 1.09 percent of the world's PCs just over a month after its official launch, with Windows 7 still in first place. Read more...

Windows XP support from Microsoft ends in 500 days

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:41:00 +0000

An IT company has made a point to alert the media that there are now just 500 days to go before Microsoft officially pulls the plug on its support for the Windows XP OS. Read more...

Soluto: Windows 8 installed on over 3 percent of Windows PCs

John Callaham — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:20:38 +0000

New data from app creator Soluto claims that at the moment, Windows 8 has been installed in over three percent of all Windows PCs worldwide, with Hungary having the highest percentage of Windows 8. Read more...