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XP support ends; old PCs may be vulnerable

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Microsoft ended support for the ever-popular Windows XP on April 8, with an estimated 30 percent of businesses and consumers still using the 12-year-old operating system.

Microsoft has released a handful of Windows operating systems since 2001, but XP's popularity and the durability of the computers running it have kept it around longer than expected.

With Microsoft no longer providing new security updates, PCs running XP may be prone to freezing up and crashing, and vulnerable to hackers. (AP)

ウィンドウズXP のサポートが終了

米マイクロソフトのOS、ウィンドウズXP のサポートが４月８日（日本時間９日）終

了したが、企業と個人を合わせ、パソコンの30% がXP 搭載だという。

The Japan Times ST: April 18, 2014