The reception of Windows XP was phenomenal thanks to its sleek, modern interface and robust features. The famous “Bliss” desktop wallpaper featuring a serene, rolling green hill and blue sky, became ...

Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had arrived when I first tried ...

Politicians, celebrities, IT executives and a gospel choir joined Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates in Times Square Thursday for a glitzy launch of Windows XP, the ...

Windows XP will not surpass previous versions of the operating system for at least two more years, market researcher Gartner predicted Wednesday. Windows XP, set to arrive on store shelves Thursday, ...

BACK IN SEPTEMBER, a misguided soul in the technology press wrote the following about the release of the Windows XP “gold code” to manufacturers: “I’ve never been less excited about a major software ...

At the Windows 7 launch in New York, businesses planning to migrate to Windows 7 discussed cost savings, testing strategies, and security hopes and fears with CIO.com. One consensus: Windows XP is on ...

The vendor is developing the Windows XP-based thin clients, code-named Eiger and Monch, to make it easier for system builders and partners to deploy pre-packaged thin-client solutions instead of ...

XP Mode is Microsoft's acknowledgment that many customers skipped Vista and will be moving to Windows 7 directly from XP, an OS that's now nearly eight years old. Microsoft says XP Mode is designed ...

Microsoft on Wednesday changed the licensing terms it imposes on PC manufacturers to install its Windows operating system, responding to a recent ruling in its antitrust case. In a dramatic shift, ...