The music video for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation caused certain laptops to crash in the early 1990s. A Microsoft dev blog post explains how companies health with the unique issue. The latest episode ...

The staying power of the aging-out Windows XP was evident in January, according to Net Applications. The much maligned Windows 8.1 gained some ground too, though. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile ...

Charles O'Rear is the photographer behind Bliss, the Windows XP image that went on to grace millions of desktops around the world. He discusses the iconic photo and how it will live on as XP fades ...

The standard Windows XP installation is designed for ease of use rather than outright speed, and once you've got used to the basics there are plenty of adjustments that you can make so that both you ...

While Microsoft has removed Windows XP from the Hardware Compatibility List, there are still several ways you can find out if your printer is compatible with any XP computers in your office, starting ...

What does 'phishing' attacks have to do with the expiration of XP? Isn't 8.1 just as susceptible to user stupidity as XP? Also, it irks me how that articles like these act like you must be somehow ...

You had good reason to stick with XP and skip the Vista experience entirely. But now that the folks at Microsoft have created a new operating system that’s worth ...

As part of its regular Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has issued new security patches for Windows XP to combat an "elevated risk" of cyberattacks from state-sponsored actors. 20 years ago today, a ...

Windows XP will not die, according to January numbers from Web tracker Net Applications. But the not so well loved Windows 8.1 is also seeing some life too. The doomed operating system -- that would ...

The good folks at Bare Feats love them some benchmarking, so I am surprised it took them so long to compare the performance of Windows XP versus OS X on a MacBook Pro. They took a look at how ...

Friday saw what looked like the most dangerous ransomware infection to date. The infection known as WannaCry was closing down vital hospital IT systems across the UK canceling major operations and ...

Industry voice From now on, there will be no new security updates, no non-security hotfixes, no assisted support options (free or paid) and no online technical content updates. With the end of the ...