In a nutshell: Legacy operating systems like Windows XP can present a major threat to user safety if connected to the internet without any security software. A YouTube channel demonstrated as much in ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Beta2 of Windows XP is off to testers, and so the NDA has been lifted for people to talk some more about the first beta. There's a brief write-up at ZDNet and a lengthier one at CNet (thanks to ...

The Windows XP feature being called WPA "Windows Product Activation" has been getting a huge amount of reaction an scrutiny. (Sounds awful shitty to me). The Ars-Technica guys have gotten the scoop on ...