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 ...

Microsoft may release Windows 7 as early as next November, bloggers speculated Wednesday, pointing to postings on the company’s own Web site and comments made by the CEO of Asus, the company that ...

Microsoft still says that early 2010 is the official date for shipping Windows 7, but an internal Microsoft memo hints that the date is more likely to be sometime in 2009, possibly in the third ...

A new Microsoft Windows operating system is always big news, especially for the federal government, which overwhelmingly relies on Windows of one stripe or another to run just about everything. The ...

Microsoft’s plan to convert those enterprise XP holdouts into new licenses for Windows 7 is to woo the consumer, using its typical tactic of offering free upgrades to Windows 7 to folks who buy Vista ...

It’s end-of-year review time again! Here, in no particular order, are my favorite story lines from 2009. Some — like Windows 7 — are obvious, others — like the emergence of business-class netbooks — ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

When Microsoft launcher Windows Phone 7 last year, the company basically created a nice big, thick line between newer Windows phones and older models. Windows Phone 7 cannot run any apps developed for ...

In brief: There was once a time when Windows took so long to boot, users could grab a snack or use the restroom while waiting for the desktop to load. A Microsoft veteran recently revealed why things ...