According to the Xinhua news agency, the move is intended as a safety precaution, with the Chinese authorities viewing the operating system as a security liability.
Chinese whispers emanating from Chinaopix are suggesting that a major Windows 9 user interface overhaul will remove the 'Charms Bar' from the OS completely.
You spend a lot of money on a computer, so you want to make sure it lasts – and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t serve you for a long time, provided you’re careful with it.
Microsoft is withdrawing support for Windows XP, possibly the company's most popular operating system. Launched way back in 2001, it is surprising just how many organisations still rely on it.
Microsoft has reported its second fiscal quarter in 2015, revealing huge steps in hardware sales from its Lumia and Surface range alongside further cloud adoption, but lackluster Windows 8 and 8.1 adoption.
Microsoft decided to pull the plug on extended support for Windows XP last year, following almost a decade of patches and security fixes for the ancient operating system.
Gartner has laid out the three options it thinks you have between now and 2020 to avoid being caught out by the end of support for the OS.
Statistics have revealed that users of Microsoft's Windows 8.x operating system have fallen for the second month in a row yet Microsoft remains optimistic about users adopting Windows 8.
A prominent Microsoft leaker has revealed that certain Windows 8 users as well as Windows 7 customers won’t be able to download the update free-of-charge.
The latest Security Intelligence Report shows that Windows XP isn’t faring as badly on the security front as you might think, though the Robrow malware has skewed things.
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