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Windows 8 could make backups easy. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft's aim to get a tablet-optimized UI in Windows 8 was supported on Friday... Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft prepping IE 10, already? Microsoft's webOS luvvin' partner HP is among the PC manufacturers getting copies of early Windows 8 code, according to reports.… Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft has shipped the first test version of Windows 8 to PC makers, according to posts on online forums, which means it's on track for a late 2012 release. Source: Yahoo! News

Here is the continuation of the story of Microsoft's next OS, Windows 8, as told by employees and job ads! Source: Yahoo! News

But Microsoft is still losing market share. More...

Blames third party, doesn't reveal who Microsoft has blamed third party software for a Windows Phone 7 glitch that transmitted huge chunks of data over 3G networks, causing some subscribers to exceed their monthly tariff.… Reg Guide to Improving Systems Agility - Free Download! More...

CWmike writes "Windows 7 cracked the 20% share mark last month, a milestone the problem-plagued Vista never reached, Web measurement vendor Net Application said over the weekend. Gregg Keizer reports that Windows 7's online usage share reached 20.9% in December, up 1.2 percentage points from the...

Microsoft’s failure to get consumer-friendly tablets in stores for the holiday season could result in a frosty year-end quarter for the software maker. More...

After a year on the market, Windows 7 is powering PCs, tablets, and netbooks in record numbers. Link Removed

By Tim Conneally, Betanews It's been one year since Windows 7 launched to the world, and to celebrate the passing of the year, Microsoft has released some information about the milestones Windows 7 has passed. Most importantly among them, Microsoft announced that 240 million Windows 7 licenses...

On this episode of Ping, Laura and Paul share their thoughts and feedback on the most talked about Microsoft stories this week: Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Zune marketplace expands Link Removed Link Removed

Technology News: Operating Systems: Microsoft Gives OEMs Embedded Win 7 to Tinker With Microsoft has released an embedded version of Windows 7 to manufacturers, signaling a further push into home entertainment systems. The OS has industrial applications as well; it will be used to improve the...

By Tim Conneally, Betanews The Lenovo OEM key that leaked earlier this week and allowed Windows 7 Ultimate to be cracked is being blacklisted, according to a blog post last night from Alex Kochis, Director of Genuine Windows at Microsoft. Kochis says, "Yesterday we were alerted to reports of a...

few days after Windows 7 Build 7068 , microsoft release windows 7 7070 , this release can be a sign for the quik developpement of this new os . More crumbs from the Windows 7 Release Candidate branch development are now available with the leaked screenshots for Build 7070. As Microsoft is...

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