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Windows XP to continue selling through May
electronista.com - 12/22/2008
Windows XP to continue selling through May
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Microsoft will let PC makers continue to receive copies of Windows XP as late as May 30th, the company tells CRN. Although Microsoft's official deadline for PC builders to order the system remains intact and will make companies submit orders by the ...

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MacMagazine:  Windows XP ganha mais uma sobrevida: desta vez, até maio de 2009

support.apple.com - 12/18/2008
About the Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP and Vista 1.0
— support.apple.com — Release date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:08:00 GMT (more) About the Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP and ...

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/22/2008
BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again
— news.bbc.co.uk — Microsoft has given yet another reprieve to its seasoned Windows XP operating system. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009. But now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware ... (more) BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/22/2008
BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again
— news.bbc.co.uk — Microsoft has given yet another reprieve to its seasoned Windows XP operating system. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009. But now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware ... (more) BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows XP allowed to live again
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Windows XP ganha mais uma sobrevida: desta vez, até maio de 2009
MacMagazine — ... Dell, ainda são forçadas a oferecer opções de downgrade para o velho sistema: no caso desta, ele custa US$150, e a sua procura por empresas que buscam compatibilidade e melhor performance das suas soluções com novos computadores ainda é grande. A “morte definitiva” do Windows XP — fim do suporte e liberação de atualizações — ainda está prevista para 2011. [Via: Electronista.] ...

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