China's web giants unite to defuse Windows XP bombshell

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 25, 2014 5:43 AM EDT
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A gaggle of Chinese web firms have come together with a plan to protect Windows XP users in the Middle Kingdom for at least the next two or three years, according to local reports. The unusual step will see messaging giant Tencent, search engine Sogou, software company Kingsoft and several others offer technical support for XP including system upgrades and security services, said Xinhua.

I'm not saying I own a XP machine and use it for anything..but if I did this would be interesting to me.. - Scott

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