Logically, Windows XP should have gone out of style long ago. Yet, despite being over a decade old and seeing the release of three other incarnations, the operating system has, for a number of reasons, stayed surprisingly in vogue. Enough so, in fact, that the looming cutoff date for official support from Microsoft - bug fixes, patch update, etc. - has millions of people a...

The days in which Windows XP can safely be used are dwindling. On April 8, Microsoft will officially discontinue support and patch development for the almost 13-year-old operating system. While this, ideally, should not be a concern for many people, it has become apparent that a vast number of computers are still running it - and plan to continue past the cutoff date. ...

The end is nigh. After almost 13 years of continued security updates, Microsoft will discontinue support for its widely-used Windows XP operating system on April 8. While it was announced years ago that there was a firm cutoff date set, there were as many as 500 million computers that were still running the outdated OS ...