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• Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won't go

  Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share of Windows 8 or depressing the share of Windows XP, new data published showed.

• Easy XP-Windows 7 upgrades are over

  The easy upgrades from Windows XP are done, migration experts said, predicting that a sizeable number of large enterprises will still be running the aged OS even after Microsoft stops supporting it.

• As browsing goes mobile, Apple wins, Mozilla loses

  The trend toward browsing from phones and tablets has helped some browser makers, dramatically in one case, but hurt others in the battle for usage share, data from a metrics firm showed.

• Mobile's browser usage share jumps 26 per cent in three months

  Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company.

• Windows 8 uptake slows for third straight month

  Windows 8's uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, according to Net Applications.

• Hapless Vista turns 6, shuffles toward obscurity

  Six years after its long-delayed but well-publicized release, Windows Vista now accounts for less than 6% of all Windows machines, according to Net Applications.

• OS X Snow Leopard stubbornly rejects retirement

  Apple's OS X Snow Leopard, which shipped in August 2009, continued to resist retirement last month, new data from Web analytics vendor Net Applications showed.

• Windows 8's usage uptake falls further behind Vista's

  Windows 8 fell further behind the pace of Windows Vista's uptake last month, a metric company said, even as usage share of the new operating system continued to slowly climb.

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  IE shocker: Microsoft's browser gains share in 2012

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer posted an annual usage share gain in 2012 for the first time in eight years, according to data by a Web analytics firm Net Applications.

• Mountain Lion mauls other OS X editions for top spot

  Five months after its release, Apple's Mountain Lion became the most widely-used version of OS X, a Web measurement firm said Tuesday.

• Update: Windows 8's early uptake lags behind Vista's

  Final online usage numbers for 2012 released Tuesday confirmed that Windows 8 failed to match Windows Vista's uptake pace during its first two months.

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  Windows 8's uptake falls behind Vista's pace

  With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, according to data from Net Applications.

• Apple consistently convinces customers to upgrade OS X

  Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed.

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  Windows 8 uptake: More like Vista than Windows 7

  After a month on the market, Windows 8's usage uptake resembles 2007's Vista -- ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft -- rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, Net Applications said Saturday.

• Windows 8's early uptake trumps Vista's

  Microsoft's Windows 8 may be lagging far behind Windows 7 in its usage uptake, but it's easily topping the low bar set by Windows Vista, according to data from Web metric firm Net Applications.