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Microsoft risks even further Windows security woes by retiring XP

Microsoft risks even further Windows security woes by retiring XP

[cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“Microsoft plans to ship the final public patches for Windows XP on April 8. After that, it will not deliver fixes for security vulnerabilities it and others find in the 13-year-old operating system,” Gregg Keizer writes for Computerworld.

“The result, even Microsoft has said, could be devastating. Last October, the company said that after April 8, Windows XP…

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Microsoft said to cut Windows price 70% to fend off Apple, Google

Microsoft said to cut Windows price 70% to fend off Apple, Google

[cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 percent for makers of low-cost computers and tablets as they try to fend off cheaper rivals like Google Inc.’s Chromebooks, people familiar with the program said,” Tim Culpan and Dina Bass reports for Bloomberg.

“Manufacturers will be charged $15 to license Windows 8.1 and preinstall it on devices that…

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Microsoft offers no apology for Windows 8, promises better with Windows Blue (Screen of Death)

“With Windows 8, Microsoft ignored the basic tenets of change management and paid the price. Now…

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