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.
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.
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.
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