I’ve got to eat a little crow on this one. When Windows 7 RC1 came out, I began to detect a trend I’ve seen with many other Windows development cycles — the layering on of bloat. RC1 was noticeably ...

You know good service when you get it. The waiter is unobtrusive, yet your food arrives on time, your glass is refilled without asking, and your conversations are not interrupted. So it is with ...

Microsoft is not pushing Vista for netbooks because of its larger footprint, but Windows 7 will be able to comfortably run on netbooks with as little as 16GB of storage Netbooks equipped with ...

Is this a plan for world domination? Is this a nefarious way to ensure Microsoft reaches its ‘1 billion users'? Is this just best practice? OPINION: Microsoft wants, no needs, a homogenous Windows ...

So it is with Windows 7, Microsoft's new operating system released to the public last week. Release copies have been in use for several months and they're very close to the real thing on shelves now.