Windows XP is 20 years old
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And still being used

Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014 it is still being used, despite shedloads of warnings.

Windows XP source code leaked online
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Probably a good time for an upgrade

Software king of the world Microsoft has just seen the source code for its most successful software leaked online.

Tsar Putin is a big XP user
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Likes Office 2003 and is so tough he has deleted the rubbish bin

While he funds a huge hacking troll farm, Tsar Vladimir Putin does not seem to care much about his own cybersecurity.

BlueKeep vulnerablity attacks taking place
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Targets Windows XP

One of the worst wormable Windows vulnerabilities have been seen in the wild and it is targeting unpatched Windows XP machines.

A third of corporations have a connected XP machine
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Windows 7 is the least of the problems

As the end of support for the still-popular Windows 7 draws near, risks of unpatched operating systems are likely to be a significant security concern shortly. But it looks like Windows 7 will not be the only problem.

Windows XP dies final death
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Yep it is still around in some official form, until yesterday

Windows XP, which has been powering machines for more than 17 years, is finally dead.

Windows XP peak invulnerable to fire
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It seems that nothing will kill it


One of the iconic images of the operating system which will not die, Windows XP, seems to have survived a raging fire which obliterated the surrounding countryside.

Foxconn employee leaks iPhone’s internals
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A Ferrari running on a Windows XP machine – it explains so much

A Foxconn employee has snapped new images of the iPhone 8's internals and posted them to the Chinese social networking site Weibo.

New carrier does not “quite” run Windows XP
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It does at the moment, but not for much longer.

The Royal Navy has been a little disappointed that its high-tech aircraft carrier’s launch has been overshadowed by the fact that hacks noticed it was still running Windows XP.

Windows XP was not especially vulnerable to Wannacry
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Windows 7 machines might have been the problem


Windows XP was not as vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware as many assumed.