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So much for not keeping pace, huh? We heard back in June of last year that Microsoft had blown through 150 million Windows 7 licenses , and just a few months later, it had surpassed 240 million . At this year's Worldwide Partner Conference, head honcho Steve Ballmer took great pleasure in...

Windows 8 build 7955.0.x86fre.fbl_srv_wdacxml.110228-1930 leaked to the Internet recently, and is rumored to have been created shortly after the D9 conference where Microsoft showcased the new operating system. The build is severely limited in the sense that it is still using the same graphical...

"Early milestone builds of Windows 8 have leaked onto the Internet, and considerable effort has been put into figuring out how they work. Though officially tight-lipped, snippets of information have escaped Redmond's walls. So far, it appears that Windows 8 development doesn't just look not bad...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows According to BetaArchive, Windows 8 is nearing the M3 milestone, the final stop on the way to beta. And they’ve received a new leaked build of Windows 8, build 7989 (7989.winmain.110421-1285.615974c7346f7374). Here are some shots of the build, including...

Yet another build Windows 8 build has leaked - this time around it's a 64-bit Windows Server 8 build 7959. Link Removed

Yet another build Windows 8 build has leaked - this time around it’s a 64-bit Windows Server 8 build 7959. Link Removed

I'm going to have a lot more to say about the leaked Windows 8 build 7955 'Milestone 2' in a future post, but satisfy those of you craving for information, here are a few screenshots of the... Link Removed

angry tapir writes "While Microsoft has not announced the release date of its follow-up to Windows 7, an early pre-beta version of Windows 8 (although its official name has not been confirmed) has surfaced on the Internet, the second version to appear within a month. It is the second milestone...

Windows 7 already sports some solid user data utilities, from its built-in backup tool to the greatly improved file and settings transfer wizard and System Restore. From what has been revealed in the early leaked milestone builds of Windows 8, Microsoft is clearly focused on offering even better...

Microsoft on Friday announced that it has sold over 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in the past 18 months. The milestone points to a momentum in the adoption of Windows 7, but Microsoft didn't break down the numbers into how many copies shipped with new PCs or are upgrades. Link Removed -...

Following hot of the heels of the leak of the Windows 8 Milestone 1 build a few weeks ago, a Milestone 2 build (build 7955) has now been leaked onto the internet. Link Removed

Microsoft on Friday announced that it has sold over 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in the past 18 months. The milestone points to a momentum in the adoption of Windows 7, but Microsoft didn't break down the numbers into how many copies shipped with new PCs or are upgrades. read more Link Removed

Bangalore: After setting the milestone for IE9 it is time for the Windows 7. Microsoft announced that it sold 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in just 18 months. When calculated it was found that about 450 copies were sold every minute. More...

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Microsoft officials said on April 22 that the company has sold 350 million Windows 7 licenses in the 18 months the product has been available. More...

Details said to be leaked from the Windows 8 Milestone 1 build show the ability to sync certain data online, a more robust Task Manager, and an improved version of the Windows Disk Cleanup tool. Link Removed

It seems that the good folks over on MyDigitalLife have had more time to play with the leaked code for Windows 8 Milestone 1 (M1) than I have, managing to unlock some cool features by leveraging registry tweaks. Link Removed

Even though the Milestone 1 leak of Windows 8 is old doesn't mean it can't be useful. Source: Yahoo! News

It looks like Microsoft's "shhh... let's not leak our hard work" plea to Windows 8 testers has fallen on deaf ears, as an early development milestone of Windows 8 was leaked in the wild. The shots are remarkably boring, since it looks exactly like Windows 7. Duh. Source: Yahoo! News

It seems that the first Windows 8 build has leaked, and from what we can tell, this leak does indeed appear to be verified as legit. This is a very early non-complete version of the newest version of Windows, and it does appear to have a very Windows 7 feel to it. Why would this be? Because in...