Microsoft today used the hoary practice of predicting next year to drive another nail into Windows XP's coffin



From Computerworld:

In an eight-item prognostication from several security professionals on its anti-malware and Trustworthy Computing teams, Microsoft forecast an increase in cybercrime that exploits unsupported software.

Microsoft's No. 6 prediction put the spotlight, and the onus, on Windows XP.

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