Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

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Windows XP, and why you should ditch it. Regardless of which computer publication you are reading, or which family members you’re rubbing shoulders with, the chances are you’ve come across the ...

Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. As James Utzschneider, General Manager of Marketing and ...

Windows XP’s day of reckoning is finally here -- it will no longer receive security updates after Tuesday -- which means users should upgrade their computers to a more recent operating system or ...

I've got to tell it to you straight. If you're still on an old computer running the Windows XP operating system, D-Day is at hand. And by "D" I mean "dump it." I understand if you don't want to face ...

Your computer will soon be more vulnerable to viruses and other malware if it runs Windows XP. That’s because Microsoft is ending support on April 8, 2014, for its 12-year-old operating system – still ...

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2006 file photo, an upgrade edition of the Microsoft Corp. Windows XP Professional computer operating system is on display at a CompUSA store in Tukwila, Wash. On Tuesday, ...

I've got to tell it to you straight. If you're still on an old computer running the Windows XP operating system, D-Day is at hand. And by "D" I mean "dump it." I understand if you don't want to face ...

As of yesterday, April 8, Windows XP will no longer receive security updates -- which means users should upgrade their computers to a more recent operating system or purchase a new machine. Not all ...