Just how much old Windows is in use is actually unclear: according to research by Spiceworks, just over half of businesses still have at least one PC running Windows XP and nearly one in 10 still ...

Windows XP is proving to be so popular that Microsoft has had to create a new build of it just so there are enough activation keys for system builders still installing it on computers.

I’d love to see Windows XP die with dignity. But I expect to see it hanging on in airport and hospital signage and point-of-sale apps and on netbooks for at least a few more years before ...

Both outfits have Windows 7 below highs recorded in 2014. Windows 8.1 is up from 10.04 per cent in January to 10.49 per cent in February on Netmarketshare's numbers, and from 14.27 per cent to 14. ...

According to the latest figures from Statcounter, Windows XP is still used by 0.59% of Windows users, who make up 75.4% of the desktop market. Rough estimates suggest there are now more than two ...

You could probably make a case that Windows XP changed the way we think about operating systems. Or maybe it was Windows Vista that did it. But up until Windows XP, most users were sick and tired ...

In other words, if Windows 7 is made available later this year, you’ll still be able to pick up a netbook running XP well into 2010. That creates an interesting situation where you’ll be able ...

Pretty soon it all won’t matter much, as XP users will just upgrade to Windows 7. Some speculate that’s actually true, believing Microsoft essentially already hinted this is going to happen.

At this point, you don’t need a survey to tell you that Windows 7 has been a success. But it’s always nice to have hard data. Thanks to Forrester Research, we’ve got a new Windows 7 survey ...

POSReady is designed for point-of-service systems such as ATMs, cash registers, and self-service checkouts, but it can do much more than just run POS software; it contains most parts of Windows XP ...

Some 300 million computers running Windows XP, including many that manage water, electric and sewage treatment plants and ATMs, will soon be left unprotected from new security threats.