Microsoft is suing UK electronics and PC retailer Comet for allegedly counterfeiting thousands of copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP. The shop is accused of pirating 94,000 recovery discs without the permission of the software giant.

It...

Microsoft is urging Windows XP users to jump ship as the ancient operating system nears the end of its days - in terms of extended support at least.

Speaking via the Windows Team blog, Microsoft's Stephen Rose said it was time that XP became...

Microsoft has announced that it is extending the period that Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate users have the right to a free downgrade to Windows XP, for the entire life-cycle of their Windows 7 OS.

Previously, the Microsoft's guidelines stated that:

"Windows...

A virus scanner update from McAfee has caused havoc amongst Windows XP computers by incorrectly identifying part of the operating system as a virus.

The 5958 update identified svchost.exe as the wecorl.a virus. A while back, Microsoft shifted...

Since the days of DOS, hard drives have always been comprised of blocks of data 512 bytes in size that are read in a chunk. But that's to change in early 2010, as storage manufacturers have agreed to shift to a format that instead applies 4096 byte...

Don't panic, the date's not just yet, however as promised by Microsoft last year, the company is starting to inform Windows users that it will be phasing out support for its earlier operating systems.

"Back in October 2009 we talked about upcoming...

Windows XP users are lighting torches and collecting pitchforks for an assault on the castle gates following a set of security patches issued on 9 February by Microsoft. If reports on the company's support forum are true, the updates have caused widespread...

Strictly speaking, we've already told you a lie. You can connect to "Free Public WiFi" you just won't be able to access the internet through it.

The chances are that if you're reading this story, you know what we're talking about. You're...

If a rose by any other name would have smelled as sweet then we'd all be looking forward to the launch of Interlace Manager 7 this week. That was how it all began for Microsoft's projected in 1981 when Windows was first...

The Windows XP handset which Pocket-lint brought you news of earlier in the year has been fleshed out with a little more information, including full specs for the device and some promotional images. The xpPhone, as it's called, also has the ability to...

iPhone OS too flashy for you? Windows Mobile doesn't run enough applications? Not a fan of Android, Symbian or webOS either? Chinese company "In Technology" has created a phone that runs Windows XP.

Believed to be the first XP-packing handset...

Microsoft has said that Windows 7 users will still be able to use programmes designed for Windows XP through a new virtual mode.

Posting the information on the company's Windows Blog, Scott Woodgate, a member of the Windows 7 team has confirmed...

Microsoft is to stop selling its all-in-one security and management package OneCare, but is launching a new software suite to keep machines protected.

The free security and anti-virus software is designed to protect PCs running XP, Vista,...

It has been working on it since December 2007, but Microsoft has finally come up with a version of Windows XP suitable for the One Laptop Per Child XO machine.

The OS has had to be "slimmed down" to run off a 2GB flash memory card, but the...

If you like the idea of a jukebox in your pool room, but also love your technology, the digital IntelliTunes may be the new toy for you.

It'll set you back $3995 but for that you get tunes and tech.

It has two LCD screens and...