It was coming, but now is official.

Windows XP has not been supported by Microsoft for a bit, but they have released updates for general purposes, and should continue to release a few updates here and there for security – but nothing major.

Well, it’s been decided that Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) will not support Windows XP. Folks, as soon as the newest browsers out there stop supporting Operating Systems, it’s time to move on to better things. Don’t get me wrong, Windows XP is a great OS – I still use it virtually to test viruses and other things, but once IE9 is released, that’s the end of the line for XP. Windows 7 is a great new Operating System that should support a lot of various hardware. If in doubt, try the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It’s a free tool that you can download to see if your computer will run Windows 7.

With IE9 supporting HTML5, which can do some pretty amazing stuff (think of Flash type content, without actually using Flash), IE9 will be adopted very quickly, along with other browsers supporting HTML5. While Firefox, Chrome, and others, may support XP beyond this point of time, it’s really time to start thinking about upgrades.

On that note, I’m working with a partner company to provide some wickedly cool technology to businesses in the near future. Keep on the lookout.
Justin

Microsoft is releasing an out of band update today to patch security holes in Internet Explorer. After the recent Google China incident, Microsoft discovered that sneaky code inside office documents could attack IE and cause problems.

This out of band update should be released around 10am PST “or as close to it as possible”, according to Microsoft.

While home users should get update alerts tomorrow morning, businesses will want to patch their systems as soon as possible, after testing the update, of course.
Justin