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Microsoft's extended support for the 7-year-old workstation version of the operating system ceases at the end of the month.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
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After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?
Microsoft's extended support for the 7-year-old workstation version of the operating system ceases at the end of the month.
The software giant issues a patch that fixes four separate vulnerabilities in its IIS software and alerts customers of a flaw in Windows Media Services.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
Product marks company's entry into market for desktop security products for businesses, but not much is known about it yet.
Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failedÂÂâ€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?
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