From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit.
Microsoft has now extended the Windows XP service pack 2 footprint even further - to a whole range of smaller footprint devices including shop tills, thin clients and medical systems.
Microsoft is getting ready to release a cheap, easy-to-use version of Windows XP for developing markets.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
The software giant makes the second beta of the component-based version of the operating system available to developers.
Within hours of arriving at the AusCERT conference in the Gold Coast on Monday, my PowerBook decided it would rather commit suicide than listen to Microsoft's top security executives answer questions about Vista.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
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A red-faced Microsoft Australia has backflipped on a statement issued earlier today that said Windows XP Service Pack 2 had been released to manufacturing.
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While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.
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