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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
A man from Atlanta, Michigan has been charged in federal court with selling over $1 million worth of counterfeit copies of Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 Professional. More...
New data from Net Applications shows that Windows 7 increased its PC OS market share in October, while Windows 8 went up slightly due to its launch in later October. More...
With Windows 8 hitting the stores today, new figures from StatCounter show that Microsoft's 11 year old Windows XP still holds more than a third of the global OS market share. More...
Microsoft has offered some advice to businesses who might be thinking about updating their PCs to Windows 8 ahead of the official launch of the OS on Friday, October 26th. More...
You wouldn't know it now, but once upon a time Windows 95, 2000, and even trusty ol' XP were loathed by the tech community for being inferior, 'Fisher-Price' OSes that no one wanted. Sound familiar? More...
The newest operating system market share results from Net Applications shows Windows 7 gaining even more ground even as the launch of Windows 8 nears later in October. More...
Adobe announced that Photoshop CS6 is the last version to support Windows XP. The once so popular operating system isn't modern enough, because the next Photoshop will bring more GPU acceleration More...
Support for Google Apps will be dropped from Internet Explorer 8 after the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 10. As a result, Google Apps will no longer be supported in Windows XP. More...
Activision has revealed the PC hardware requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, confirming that the upcoming first person shooter won't be able to run on Windows XP. More...
The latest data from Net Applications shows that Windows 7 has finally overtaken Windows XP in terms of PC operating system market share and has become the world's most used PC OS. More...
Google claims that the latest version of its Chrome web browser for Windows has a new way to handle Flash-based web sites that cuts down on crashes by 20 percent, along with improved performance. More...
Microsoft has offered more information on what the completion of the RTM build of Windows 8 means for businesses if they are running earlier versions of Windows. More...
The latest data from Net Applications shows that Windows XP is still the world's most used PC operating system but that Windows 7 is getting close to surpassing it. More...
Windows XP continues to get TLC as evidenced in a recent update for Facebook Messenger for Windows. Where it previously only supported Windows 7, now it can be installed on XP and Vista. Yay? More...
New data from StatCounter claims that Windows 7 is now installed on 50.2 percent of all PCs worldwide, but Net Applications still shows Windows XP with a slight lead. More...
More plans for how users can upgrade from their version of Windows 7 to Windows 8 have been leaked, along with details of how people can upgrade from Windows XP and Windows Vista. More...
According to new stats from Net Applications, Windows XP took a big dip in the market share for PC operating systems in May, while Windows 7 took a similar jump upward. More...
Microsoft has announced that, according to a new report from IDC, businesses that still use Windows XP on their PCs are "wasting budget dollars" and should upgrade to Windows 7. More...
GitHub, which has been known for its Mac-based code repository site and software, has finally released software apps for Windows-based PCs, including Windows 8. More...
The Avira antivirus company has now fixed an issue with an update this week that caused millions of PCs to be crippled. The update falsely detected malware in a number of familiar Windows programs. More...
New data suggests that Microsoft's plan to offer a silent update for older Internet Explorer versions to IE 9 has helped to boost its market share in areas of the world where it is enabled. More...
The Foundation that wants to recreate Windows (XP) outside Windows is seeking money to cover the main programmers' work as a full-paid job. In this way, the project will evolve faster. More...
Windows XP is still the number one most used PC operating system in the world with 46.08 percent of the market share worldwide, while Windows 7 continues to gain users. More...
Microsoft has posted a new reminder to Windows XP users about its plans to end official support for the operating system and Microsoft Office 2003 in just two years. More...
Steam's new monthly update of its hardware survey results show that the 64-bit version of Windows 7 is now used by a slight majority of its subscribers on their PCs. More...
As expected, a new report claims only a tiny percentage of PC users worldwide are currently using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview version a month after that build was launched by Microsoft. More...
Chinese hackers have released the road map to creating an exploit code designed to go after a Windows remote desktop protocol flaw that Microsoft issued a patch for this week. More...
Microsoft is urging users to make sure to update Windows XP, Vista and 7 with the latest security update right away, as it patches an exploit that could be discovered by hackers soon. More...
After a brief uptick in January, the market share for Windows XP PCs went back down in February while the Windows 7 PC percentage went up, according to a new report. More...
A new report claims that the market share for Microsoft's Windows XP actually went up among other PC operating systems worldwide in January 2012 while Windows 7's share went down. More...