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Review Thermaltake Level 20 XT Review

Thermaltake's new giant, glass-clad E-ATX cube gets tested in our lab.

24-9-18 // 5:00p.m.

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Review Megaquarium Review

Mussel memory.

24-9-18 // 1:00p.m.

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Telltale Games hits the rocks

Lays most staff off, cancels most projects.

24-9-18 // 11:42a.m.

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Google's Chrome 69 brings privacy concerns

Ties Chrome sign-in to Google sites.

24-9-18 // 11:15a.m.

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Valve announces Steam Windows XP, Vista sunset plan

Closes in January 2019.

14-6-18 // 10:55a.m.

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Microsoft includes Windows XP in its June Patch Tuesday releases

Warns of 'nation-state' risks.

14-6-17 // 11:40a.m.

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Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP

Not much hope for other OSes, though.

19-5-17 // 10:29a.m.

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WannaCry malware downs systems worldwide

Microsoft displeased with the NSA.

15-5-17 // 10:59a.m.

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Blizzard to kill Windows XP, Vista support this year

No more WoW for XPers.

20-2-17 // 11:43a.m.

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Microsoft officially retires Windows 8

Upgrade now for security updates.

12-1-16 // 2:19p.m.

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UK government calls time on Windows XP

No more extended support payments.

26-5-15 // 12:02p.m.

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Google extends Windows XP support for Chrome

Pushes deadline to year end.

17-4-15 // 8:02a.m.

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Windows XP lives again via registry hack

Another five years of updates unlocked.

27-5-14 // 10:48a.m.

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Windows XP gets first post-EOL security patch

The operating system that just won't die.

2-5-14 // 9:41a.m.

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New Microsoft IE zero-day won't be patched on XP

The rest of you need merely wait.

28-4-14 // 10:45a.m.

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Microsoft patches critical TIFF zero-day

Windows XP flaw not so lucky.

6-12-13 // 10:35a.m.

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Microsoft makes Windows 8.1 free for non-profits

Exclusions, naturally, apply.

8-11-13 // 10:34a.m.

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Microsoft coughs to faulty WMV patch

Critical update breaks third-party tools.

17-7-13 // 9:49a.m.

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Windows XP business users offered discount on Windows 8

Not a terribly generous offer, mind.

9-4-13 // 11:13a.m.

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Windows XP given its twelve-month notice

Support stops this time next year.

8-4-13 // 9:17a.m.

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Microsoft's Windows 8 upgrade paths detailed

Microsoft's plans for Windows 8 upgrades have been leaked ahead of schedule.

29-6-12 // 12:56p.m.

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Microsoft claims Windows XP costs businesses dearly

A Microsoft-commissioned survey claims to reveal the hidden costs of staying on the outdated Windows XP OS.

28-5-12 // 3:42p.m.

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Review Asus Eee Keyboard PC Interview

After two years in development, we discuss the Eee Keyboard with Asus' Engineers.

17-7-10 // 9:30a.m.

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Microsoft extends Windows downgrade rights

Microsoft has extended the option to downgrade Windows 7 to earlier versions past the release of SP1.

13-7-10 // 10:05a.m.

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Windows 8 to copy iPhone OS?

Sketchy presentation slides show direction for Microsoft's next juggernaut

29-6-10 // 11:46a.m.

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Patch Tuesday brings 13 fixes

Tuesday is set to bring a whopping 13 patches for Microsoft Windows and Office products, eleven of which are marked Critical - and which fix twenty-six bugs in total.

5-2-10 // 4:28p.m.

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Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter

Win7 is finally, officially here - and its pre-order run has been one of the most successful in Amazon's history, outselling the last Harry Potter.

22-10-09 // 12:08p.m.

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MS warns over unpatched IIS flaw

Microsoft has issued a warning regarding a flaw in its IIS software that can lead to a Denial of Service attack or remote code execution, but no patch is yet available.

9-9-09 // 3:12p.m.

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Win 7: netbook battery killer?

A series of benchmark tests carried out on netbooks running Windows XP and Windows 7 has revealed a worrying drop in battery life under Microsoft's latest OS.

26-8-09 // 10:05a.m.

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Nvidia sneaks out Ion LE

Nvidia has quietly snuck its second Ion chipset out of the door, but the DirectX 9-only part isn't the high-performance Ion 2 for which we've been waiting.

5-8-09 // 11:03a.m.

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Acer to launch dual-boot Android netbook

Despite initial scepticism as to its suitability, Acer is planning an August launch for a netbook which dual-boots Google's Android platform with Windows XP.

14-7-09 // 2:57p.m.

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CA anti-virus breaks Windows

A bug in the latest virus definitions for Computer Associates' range of anti-virus products left customers with important system files missing.

10-7-09 // 3:12p.m.

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MS reveals second DirectShow vuln

Microsoft has released details of an as-yet unpatched flaw in DirectShow - the second in a month - which leaves both desktop and server systems vulnerable to attack.

7-7-09 // 10:09a.m.

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Windows 7 starts countdown for XP

The general availability of Windows 7 will mark the start of a one-year countdown for the popular Windows XP, with OEMs having to move away once the time is up.

1-5-09 // 9:59a.m.

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Windows XP embedded into Windows 7

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will feature a virtualised Windows XP environment - based on Virtual PC technologies - for backwards compatibility.

27-4-09 // 11:50a.m.

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Office 14 to have 64-bit option

Microsoft Office 14 is due to ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, according to a code snipped discovered in the 32-bit beta release by tester Ed Bott.

25-3-09 // 10:01a.m.

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MS launches Vista compatibility tool

Microsoft launched a compatibility database for Windows Vista yesterday revealing that 18 months after launch users are still struggling with the new OS.

9-7-08 // 8:46a.m.

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Microsoft rolls out Windows XP SP3 beta

Windows XP is getting a new service pack that includes not only a rollup of past hotfixes and patches, but new features as well.

10-10-07 // 10:29a.m.

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Phantom games service will launch for Windows XP

Infinium has jacked in the idea of creating a games console, and will instead launch a service that streams games to Windows XP desktops. Because no-one does that already?

18-8-06 // 9:44a.m.

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Windows 98 dies today

Microsoft is switching off support for users of its legacy operating system today. Prepare for a whole bunch of hosed boxes!

11-7-06 // 10:35a.m.

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Linux now wears Macintel Boots

If you thought using Boot Camp to dual-boot Windows XP and Mac OSX, how about adding Linux as a third booting option? OnMac.net have hacked it.

20-4-06 // 8:49p.m.

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Intel Mac gaming benchmarks

Armed with a trusty set of Doom 3 timedemos, a group of Mac fanatics has set about comprehensively comparing the new Intel Core Duo Macs to older revisions - and to PCs - for gaming.

12-4-06 // 10:13a.m.

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Halo 2 comes to Windows Vista

Microsoft has confirmed - it's coming to the PC, finally. However, unless you upgrade to Windows Vista, you won't be getting to give the Master Chief a whirl around the galaxy.

9-2-06 // 5:36p.m.

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Review Thermaltake Level 20 XT Review

Review Megaquarium Review

Telltale Games hits the rocks

Google's Chrome 69 brings privacy concerns

Valve announces Steam Windows XP, Vista sunset plan

Microsoft includes Windows XP in its June Patch Tuesday releases

Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP

WannaCry malware downs systems worldwide

Blizzard to kill Windows XP, Vista support this year

Microsoft officially retires Windows 8

UK government calls time on Windows XP

Google extends Windows XP support for Chrome

Windows XP lives again via registry hack

Windows XP gets first post-EOL security patch

New Microsoft IE zero-day won't be patched on XP

New Microsoft IE zero-day won't be patched on XP