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Notice of end to Windows XP support

TOKYO, Japan -Microsoft Japan Co. posts a notice announcing the end of support for the Windows XP operating system on its website, effective April 9, 2014.

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Microsoft ends support for Windows XP

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Kajisa, chief technology officer at Microsoft Japan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2014, about the expiry of Microsoft Corp.'s support for its Windows XP operating system, effective the same day.

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Microsoft to extend support period of Windows XP Home Edition

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president of the Japan unit of Microsoft Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 24. Huston said the company will extend the free support period of its Windows XP Home Edition computer operating system until sometime after 2010 from its initial plan of late January 2009 on a global basis, mainly because of Japanese consumers' strong requests.

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Sony says it will release world's lightest notebook PC

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up what Sony Corp. claims is the world's lightest notebook personal computer at a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 12. The PCG-X505/SP, part of Sony's Vaio series, weighs 785 grams -- the lightest of all Windows XP-based PCs -- and is equipped with a 10.4-inch liquid crystal display. When closed, the front of the new PCs will measure as thin as 9.7 millimeters. Offering the PCG-X505/SP for 349,800 yen, Sony will accept orders via the Internet from Nov. 19.

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5 Japan makers to sell PCs with Windows XP Media Center OS

TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Michael Rawding, president of Microsoft Co., the Japan arm of Microsoft Corp., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 6. He said five of Japan's major computer makers will start selling personal computers (PCs) equipped with the Japanese version of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system in the fall. The five are Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corp., Sotec Co., and Toshiba Corp.

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(2)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People flock to an electric appliance store in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Nov.15 to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system, which was put on the Japanese market midnight Nov. 15.

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(1)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People form a long line in front of an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on the night of Nov. 15 to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system. The Japanese unit of Microsoft started selling the new operating system midnight Nov. 15.

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Sony says it will release world's lightest notebook PC

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up what Sony Corp. claims is the world's lightest notebook personal computer at a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 12. The PCG-X505/SP, part of Sony's Vaio series, weighs 785 grams -- the lightest of all Windows XP-based PCs -- and is equipped with a 10.4-inch liquid crystal display. When closed, the front of the new PCs will measure as thin as 9.7 millimeters. Offering the PCG-X505/SP for 349,800 yen, Sony will accept orders via the Internet from Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

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Microsoft to extend support period of Windows XP Home Edition

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president of the Japan unit of Microsoft Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 24. Huston said the company will extend the free support period of its Windows XP Home Edition computer operating system until sometime after 2010 from its initial plan of late January 2009 on a global basis, mainly because of Japanese consumers' strong requests. (Kyodo)

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(2)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People flock to an electric appliance store in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Nov.15 to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system, which was put on the Japanese market midnight Nov. 15.

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(1)Microsoft starts selling Windows XP operating system in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People form a long line in front of an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on the night of Nov. 15 to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system. The Japanese unit of Microsoft started selling the new operating system midnight Nov. 15.

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5 Japan makers to sell PCs with Windows XP Media Center OS

TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Michael Rawding, president of Microsoft Co., the Japan arm of Microsoft Corp., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 6. He said five of Japan's major computer makers will start selling personal computers (PCs) equipped with the Japanese version of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system in the fall. The five are Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corp., Sotec Co., and Toshiba Corp. (Kyodo)