Technology:

With the world economy in the tank and swirling down the drain, Microsoft is trying to do it's part to get things going again. It's no secret that WindowsXP still dominates the corporate environment, even though the official release of the operating system came out eight years ago.

Microsoft came out with its Vista operating system two years ago and almost immediately became the but of a nifty Mac advertising attack. It solved many of its problems with the release of a major service pack, but with Vista requiring substantial hardware upgrades and IT departments being cut on funding, the operating system still hasn't made major headway into the business community. Plus Microsoft is preparing to release yet another operating system, known as Windows 7, now being beta tested.

So what's the news? Microsoft is starting to very nearly demand that users "get off XP" as reported by Mary Jane Foley in her ZDNet blog. Ouch! So much for the "better mousetrap" theory.