Microsoft is extending to Windows XP a new technology that could give the company some control over choosing the Web sites, content and services consumers can access. The feature, known as Smart Tags ...

Microsoft will ship two critical and two important rated security bulletins in its last patch Tuesday release providing support for the windows XP operating system. In just five days, Microsoft will ...

On the eve of Microsoft pulling the plug on support for Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2, company officials announced they are extending downgrade rights for Windows XP. Originally, downgrade rights -- ...

A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Word XP and Word 2003 allows malicious hackers to mount Trojan-based attacks through e-mail attachments, establishing a backdoor that allows them to ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2002 — The long-held industry vision of mainstream pen-based computing today became a reality as Microsoft Corp. and a broad range of computer, software and microchip companies ...

Q. I want to install the Microsoft Windows XP operating system to replace the outdated Microsoft Windows 95 I use. It’s hard to ascertain the effect of this change on the many applications for Windows ...

Microsoft is warning Windows XP users that once the operating system is no longer supported as of next April, their chances of being infected by malware will rise significantly. Forget for a moment ...

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 25, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of the Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system, the successor to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition introduced in ...

I recently expressed a lack of surprise that Internet Explorer 9 will almost certainly not be supported on Windows XP. In Redmond's words, a "modern browser" needs a "modern operating system," and ...

Before Windows introduced its modern GUI system, Microsoft was well-known for its iconic command-line operating system, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.