Microsoft made the Windows 7 beta available to the public from Jan. 10 to Feb. 10, and Microsoft has said it plans to release Windows 7 in late 2009, although industry sources expect that release to ...

If no major glitches are discovered by the millions of testers currently kicking the tires, Microsoft looks set to get Windows 7 out by late summer or early fall, which would give PC makers plenty of ...

The lion’s share of attention about the Windows 7 beta has been on consumer features. The new taskbar with its jumplists, mouse-hover features, easy navigation and the more controllable user account ...

In this first installment of my four-part series, I take a hard look at those new features of Windows 7 that have directly affected my own beta experience. Some are really good. Others are of ...