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• Gmail will push users further away for XP and Vista

  Google quietly announced Tuesday that Gmail will stop supporting older versions of its Chrome browser, in a move that will put another nail in the coffins of Windows XP and Windows Vista.

• Microsoft kicks elderly Windows XP when it's down

  Microsoft has stopped producing and distributing anti-malware signatures for its Security Essentials software installed on aged Windows XP PCs.

• Google to pull Chrome plug on Windows XP at year's end

  Google on Thursday announced it will shut down support for Chrome on Windows XP at the end of the year.

• Victorian police spend $15m on IT refresh

  The Victorian police spent a total of $15 million on an IT refresh during the 2013-14 financial year, including the replacing of a distributed server network, transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7 and designing new data centre

• In Pictures: 9 reasons users won’t ditch Windows XP

  Microsoft stopped support for Windows XP on April 8: Meaning, no more software or security updates for the nearly 13-year-old OS, despite it still holding onto just under 30% of the desktop OS market (according to NetMarketShare). Microsoft wants XP users to upgrade to a newer Windows OS, preferably Windows 8.1. Yet many people are determined to hold on - you’ll have to pry Windows XP from their PC’s cold, dead hard drive. Here are nine reasons why.

• Windows XP, Office 2003 deadline looms

  Microsoft has issued a reminder that security patches, software updates and technical support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ends next week on 8 April.

• Australian users migrating from Windows XP faster than US, UK: report

  The Australian user base for Windows XP is down to 7.8 per cent as users migrate to newer operating systems, according to new research by website analytics firm StatCounter.

• More than third of businesses to virtualize more than half of servers: survey

  About 40 per cent of businesses will virtualize 51-75 per cent of their servers over the next 12 to 24 months, according to a global survey by IDC and Flexera Software.

• Santos migrates to Windows 7 before XP support ends

  The ending of Windows XP support in April 2014 combined with slow log in times led Australian oil and gas producer Santos (ASX: STO) to start its Windows 7 migration.

• Windows 7, iOS, BYOD redefine enterprise OS landscape

  Led by Windows 7, Microsoft's operating systems still control the enterprise, but the software giant's days of dominance are waning. As a recent Forrester report highlights, mobile devices and BYOD have made the state of enterprise operating systems far more complex.

• Windows XP: The final countdown

  Microsoft Australia has warned enterprise customers that they only have one year left of Windows XP support and security updates.

• Microsoft to Windows XP: Please die, already

  Microsoft is eager for Windows XP, its 10-year-old operating system, to fade into computing history. The sooner the better, in fact. But for that to happen, the Redmond company needs millions of XP users to drop creaky, old XP and migrate (hopefully) to Windows 7, or even to Windows 8, which won't arrive until next year.

• Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there

  A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, you are risking a gap in support, stresses research firm Gartner in a new "first take" analysis of Windows 8 migration in the enterprise.

• Windows 7 reigns supreme...at least in the US

  Windows 7 has finally assumed its rightful place on the desktop operating system throne -- usurping Windows XP for the first time. Granted, Windows 7 reign only covers the United States, but it is still a significant milestone on the path to becoming the number one OS globally.

• Calif. woman sues Microsoft over XP downgrades -- again

  Rerun of lawsuit tossed by federal judge last February