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Steam Ends Windows XP and Vista Support on January 1, 2019
Long Overdue OS Upgrade According to the latest Steam Hardware and Software survey, 66.15% of users are now running Windows 10 64-bit OS. However, there are still 0.12% still running Windows XP 32-bit. Unfortunately for those users, Valve will officially end support for the now 17-year old OS starting January…
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Avast To End Windows XP/Vista Support In January
Avast To End Windows XP/Vista Support In January For many, Avast has proven to be one of the most effective and reliable free anti-virus programs on the market. Having used them in the past, I have been impressed with their relatively straightforward interface and the solid level of protection it…
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Firefox Will No Longer Support Windows XP and Vista next Year
Firefox will no longer support older operating systems. When it comes to browsers, we all have our favorites. While most users prefer to use Chrome, Mozilla Firefox is a pretty good alternative, as it ensures a good balance of modern features and speed. Released originally in 2002, Firefox has been…
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Blizzard to Cease Support for Certain Operating Systems in October
Blizzard entertainment have always been good at supporting lower end systems. They have infact gone to great lengths to ensure that most of their products, particularly World of Warcraft could continue to run on practically redundent technology. There does come a point, however, where a line must be drawn and…
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Microsoft Issues 30 Day Warning for Windows Vista EOL
In just under a month, Microsoft will finally end one of their turbulent and controversial chapters in their Windows releases. On April 11th, Redmond will finally end support for their Windows Vista operating system. This comes just about a decade after the operating system was released to much criticism and…
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Firefox 52 Release Marks End for Windows XP and NPAPI
After over a decade, the relationship between Windows XP and Firefox is finally coming to an end. With the roll-out of Firefox 52, Mozilla is releasing the final version of their still popular browser to support Windows XP. Another operating system getting cut as is well is decade old Windows…
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Blizzard Are Finally Ending Support For Windows Vista And XP
In a move that is hardly surprising, Blizzard is finally ending support for Windows Vista and XP. A post on the official forums over the weekend slipped by mostly unnoticed, probably a good indicator that this isn’t being viewed as such a huge deal and won’t ruffle too many feathers.…
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EA Origin Dropping Pre-Windows 7 Support
As many users undoubtedly learned the hard way with Windows XP, software support doesn’t last forever. This is doubly true of regular software which can often just drop support without much warning and stop working. Luckily, this is not the case with EA, which has announced plans to drop support for…
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Google Dropping Chrome Support for XP, Vista and OSX 10.8
Even when Microsoft dropped public support for Windows XP last year, many large organizations continued to pay for extended support. Not surprisingly, Google also continued to support Windows XP for their popular Chrome browser. That’s set to finally end though next year in April 2016; that marks the 2 year…
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OneDrive Can Finally Sync Shared Folders
The long-awaited option to synch shared folders on OneDrive is finally here. Microsoft finally started to roll out an update that allows users to sync content in shared folders and have it pushed to other users as soon as the files get synced. Up until now, Google Drive and Dropbox…
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Microsoft Confirm Windows XP Is Also Affected By Newly Discovered Office Zero-Day Flaw
Microsoft recently released an official statement confirming that Windows XP is also vulnerable to a newly discovered Zero-Day flaw. The security flaw affects users of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The programs that initiate this security flaw are Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007…
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Steve Ballmer Regrets That Vista Distracted Microsoft From Mobile Sector
At Microsoft’s Q&A session for financial analysts and shareholders Steve Ballmer answered a lot of questions about the past and some of his regrets from his time at Microsoft. High on that list was Windows Vista and Ballmer said he regretted that the failed OS had drawn Microsoft’s attention away…
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