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Windows XPFor weeks consumers have been waiting patiently to hear what Microsoft would be doing with Windows XP. Would they be keeping or discarding it? The CEO for Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - has finally reached a decision this week.

While stopping far short of announcing a major rethink over the venerable old OS’ June 30th death warrant, he certainly appears to have his hand hovering over the lever in preparation for a bit of handbrake turn action. “XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one,” he told Reuters yesterday. “If customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter, but right now, we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments.”

Netflix LogoNetflix is still trying to work out some of the kinks and problems that they are having with their site. They finally got their site up and running after being down for a straight 11 hours – but are still trying to work out problems in the ratings and recommendations part of the site.

“This is part of the site that we haven’t been able to get back online yet,” Swasey said. “Otherwise the site is fully functioning. We’re shipping and receiving.” That’s in contrast to Monday, when the glitch hobbled Netflix’s logistics and shipping systems as well as the Web site. The company was unable to fulfill all of the orders scheduled to go out.