W The main reason most users are still on Windows XP and Windows 7 is app compatibility. Many older apps, primarily those ...

Sometimes the tool used to build an application really does matter—even years after it is built. Embarcadero Technologies this week released an upgrade to its rapid application development (RAD) ...

Windows XP users may now download a fourth service pack for the 13-year-old operating system, but it isn’t coming from Microsoft. Instead, this Windows XP “SP4” comes from a single developer, who ...

Microsoft is beefing up the peer-to-peer capabilities for its Windows XP operating system. The software giant recently released a development kit for building peer-to-peer applications and an update ...

Embarcadero Technologies this week upgraded its cross-platform tool for building natively compiled apps, emphasizing mobile targeting and a well-timed fix to modernize Windows XP applications. RAD ...

A Windows developer has successfully compiled both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 from source code leaked online last week. Last week, a 43GB collection of Microsoft source code was released as a ...

Originally targeted for release in June, and then delayed until this month, the release of Windows XP SP2 has been pushed back once again. Citing "quality concerns," Microsoft has not announced a ...

Microsoft this summer will institute some changes to Windows XP as part of a proposed settlement agreement meant to benefit consumers and increase competition. But some state trustbusters and ...

Microsoft introduced Windows XP in 2001, and it became an instant success. It combined the well-received consumer user interface from Windows 98 with the stability of Windows NT, was out-of-the-box ...

The company releases a development kit for Windows XP that provides the network "plumbing" for peer-to-peer networks and launches an XP update with support for IPv6. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...