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Article | 3/02/2009 Microsoft denies Windows 7 UAC vulnerability
Microsoft is denying that there is a security hole in the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows 7 after a blogger reported it last week and po...
Article | 3/02/2009 Windows 7, Mac OS X gain market share
Although the beta of Windows 7 quickly grabbed one-tenth of 1% of the operating system market share last month, Microsoft's OS continued its downward ...
Article | 2/02/2009 UAC fix in Windows 7 creates security hole, blogger says
A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, accordin...
Article | 2/02/2009 Microsoft: Next step for Windows 7 is a release candidate
The head of Microsoft's Windows development confirmed Friday that Windows 7 will take the unusual path of moving straight from a single beta, which wa...
Article | 30/01/2009 How many flavors will Windows 7 come in?
Windows Me may not have had much going for it, but it has one claim to fame: it was the last major release of Windows to come in a single edition, or ...
Article | 30/01/2009 Fan starts campaign for Windows 7's immediate release
A Windows enthusiast is calling for Microsoft to release Windows 7 now, only a few weeks after the company made available the software's first public ...
Article | 28/01/2009 Windows 7 to be 'thoroughly' tested by antitrust regulators
Technical advisers to the antitrust regulators who monitor Microsoft's compliance with a 2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 "more thoroughl...
Article | 27/01/2009 Windows 7 beta availability extended
Microsoft has extended the general availability of the Windows 7 beta until Feb. 10 due to the software's popularity, the company said.
Article | 13/01/2009 Microsoft ditches Windows 7 beta download limit
Microsoft on Saturday ditched the download limit on Windows 7 beta, saying that users will be able to grab the preview through January 24 -- even if t...
Article | 12/01/2009 USB has yet to win nod from monitor makers or Microsoft
Two video connectors can be found on nearly every PC, monitor or graphics card in use today. Developed 21 years ago by IBM, the analog VGA (Video Grap...
Article | 12/01/2009 Windows 7 beta available for public download
Microsoft made the Windows 7 beta available for public download Saturday after its servers were overwhelmed by users trying to download the operating ...
Article | 9/01/2009 Windows 7 is less of a resource-hog than Vista
Good news: the next version of Microsoft's Windows OS appears to be less of a resource hog than Windows Vista.
Article | 8/01/2009 Ballmer sets loose Windows 7 public beta
The rumors turned out to be true. Microsoft will release a public beta this week of its next desktop operating system, Windows 7, hoping it will addre...
Article | 7/01/2009 Report: Microsoft to do free Windows 7 upgrades
Microsoft Corp. will offer free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades to users who buy <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=searc...
Article | 31/12/2008 Downloads of pirated Windows 7 beta candidate soar
Downloads of a new build of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system have soared in the past two days, with thousands of systems now pulling pi...