Software pirates have undermined the security features of Microsoft's latest brainchild and have peddled counterfeit versions of the Windows XP operating system even before its official launch.

With a $1 billion marketing campaign and a giant party today in New York's Times Square, Windows XP is entering the world with a promotional flourish. Local experts are unsure how consumers will ...

When will the last genuine copy of Windows XP fail to successfully run Microsoft's ever-growing gauntlet of anti-piracy weapons? If you think about, it would seem to be just a matter of time until all ...