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Microsoft has today announced an agreement with the One Laptop per Child that will see its Windows XP operating system appear on the OLPC's low-cost XO laptops as soon as next month. Though the ...

I found Q4OS while trying to help my neighbor get off their Windows XP machine. But why Q4OS? Because it offered a similar interface (with the Q4XP theme pack), ran incredibly well on their old ...

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — In his keynote address yesterday at Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference, Bill Gates, the company’s chairman and chief software architect, announced the ...

Microsoft retires its 12-year-old Windows XP operating system on Tuesday. Even so, there are still millions of XP computers out there. Here's what to do if you own one of them: - Microsoft Corp. will ...

Like many avid Windows OS users, I was also a big fan of Windows XP. There's no exaggeration in saying that it's one of the major reasons Microsoft is a household name among PC users. Feeling ...

Although Microsoft Corp. will not officially release its Windows XP operating system until Oct. 25, it has allowed PC makers to begin shipping machines loaded with the new OS as of Monday, which ...

This article was originally published 4/5/14 but was updated 4/8/14 with additional information. It’s coming: XPocalypse—the end of Microsoft’s support of Windows XP on April 8. Anyone who still has a ...