You probably heard that this week Microsoft ceased supporting their venerable old operating system XP - if you havent, and you run XP, you need to be aware that your old workhorse may be increasingly vulnerable to hackers. The general advice is to now consider upgrading your PC to a new OS (Win 7 or 8) but this expensive option may not be feasible for some. So if you want to continue using XP here are 10 tips to keep yourself and XP safe. Finally, this might amuse you - a review from September 2001, of the then brand new, Microsoft XP by CNet. Whats truly shocking now is the price, $118.95 (USD) to upgrade from Win 95 or 98. Not hard to see why Microsoft was so profitable.
from The Universal Machine http://universal-machine.blogspot.com/
