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All companies are subject to rumor and speculation and as the development cycle for a product comes to a close and the company prepare for a product launch, rumors seem to grow. Apple has always been at the center of the rumor mill, but Microsoft seems to have almost as big of a presence in...

Leaked screenshots supposedly depicting Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 8, show tiles similar to those on Windows Phone 7. The photos were posted on the site Withinwindows by Windows expert Rafael Rivera as speculation grows about how Windows 8 will run on tablet computers...

Haven't upgraded to Windows 7 yet? Brace yourself: Work on Windows 8 is well under way. A pre-release version of Microsoft's next operating system -- which isn't officially scheduled to launch until 2012 -- reportedly leaked onto the Internet over the weekend, leading to an explosion of...

Beneath a thin surface layer of established fact about Microsoft’s next OS lies a deep pool of rumor and speculation. We plunge in to test the water. Source: Yahoo! News

Details on the next version of Windows are mostly nonexistent, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate about what it may offer. Brien Posey shares his ideas about possible features, changes, and Microsoft marketing strategies. Link Removed

Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8." Link Removed - Invalid URL

Beneath a thin surface layer of established fact about Microsoft’s next OS lies a deep pool of rumor and speculation. We plunge in to test the water. More...

Beneath a thin surface layer of established fact about Microsoft’s next OS lies a deep pool of rumor and speculation. We plunge in to test the water. More...

There’s been much speculation about next-gen tablets powered by Microsoft Windows 7. However, recent rumors point towards a Redmond-branded tablet boasting a specialized UI running on top of a standard Windows 7 kernel. read more Link Removed

Warning: This is a completely speculative post. But stay with me as I paint a possible scenario Microsoft is launching Windows 7 seven days from today on October 22. This evening, Google is holding an open house which, it turns out, is open to everyone but the press during which company...

A large amount of you folks on here seem to have a supernatural ability to know that the rest of the population can only speculate about. Do any of you well connected folks like drew or reghackr or anyone have an idea of when Microsoft Security Essentials is intended to be made available i've...

Just speculation, but with 7264 we now have a "new animal" that will not accept RC keys. COULD IT BE that the keys it will accept are those for RTM? If so, upgrading from 7260 (and previous RC builds) could verify that RC can upgrade to RTM. My 7260 upgraded fine to 7264 although I had the...

I am in the market for some advice. I am considering updating my Vista SP1 to Windows 7 RC. My machine is a dual boot and I also have Linux Mint (ubuntu) installed. When it boots, the grub boot loader comes up first and I have to choose Vista from a list to boot it. Now, if I upgrade...

There is a great article here speculating on Windows 7. They know for a fact that the roadmap has 7 listed to come out in 2010 as well as some other great features that may be in the next release of windows. Check it out.

Just curious as to if anyone has any speculation when Vista will go gold? Friend told me as early as August this year, but for some reason I remember a 2007 date.