Can Windows 7 repair Microsoft Corp.’s reputation and trigger enough sales to pull the technology sector out of its financial funk? That seemed to be the overriding question Thursday as Microsoft ...

Microsoft officially says it will ship the Windows 7 operating system within three years of the January 2007 consumer release of Windows Vista. But speculation abounds that the software giant is ...

It sounds like Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out earlier than it promised -- at least if you believe the company's CEO. During his fireside chat with Chairman Bill Gates at the D6 conference on ...

LOS ANGELES--In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next ...

CNET’s Ina Fried raised a bit of a ruckus earlier this week when she interviewed Microsoft Executive Bill Veghte and published this cautionary note: [T]op Windows executive Bill Veghte said the ...

Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft’s latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first ...

Don Reisinger explains why Microsoft ought to release the new Windows version in 2009, rather than 2010, particularly given its Vista woes. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who ...

Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden “GodMode” feature that lets users access all of the operating system’s ...

Microsoft reporter queen bee Mary Jo Foley has put together a few signs suggesting that Windows 7 may debut earlier than anyone imagined—in the first half of next year. While it’s been expected that ...

Microsoft Corp. may release Windows 7 as early as next November, bloggers speculated today, pointing to postings on the company’s own Web site and comments made by the CEO of Asustek Computer Inc., ...

Windows 10 hits end-of-support in October, driving upgrades and new PC Windows 11 installs. Windows 11 overtook Windows 10 in July and sits at around 50.7% global usage in September. Windows 7 doubled ...