According to recent reports from network security firm Vectra Networks, computers running versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista, are at an even greater risk of being affected by malware, through a security hole provided by Windows Print Spooler, created over than 20 years ago when malware threats were not nearly as aggressive as they are today.

According to a recent reportage by UK newspaper The Guardian, most nuclear deterrent systems operated by the US, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea, are run using a variant, or several thereof, of Microsoft Windows XP as the operating system, and even older systems.

Introducing: NeoKylin OS, a Linux-based operating system that looks and feel like Windows XP, in nearly every aspect. Even further, the Chinese government has gone through lengths to replicate, or mimic, bits and pieces of Microsoft Office, to provide government employees a set of built-in productivity tools.