Fewer than 2.5 million copies of the beta have been downloaded since Microsoft launched the Windows 7 preview Jan. 10 Microsoft Thursday extended the deadline for downloading the public beta of ...

Reports have put the Windows 7 beta release date at January 5th, 7th and the 13th, while a so-called "publishing error" saw a "Windows 7 beta" download link appear at Microsoft's Windows 7 site. C'mon ...

New downloads will be blocked today, but users who have started the download process have until Thursday to finish it Microsoft has shut off the Windows 7 beta spigot, but will allow users who have ...

For many, it was a day of clicking and realoading Microsoft's Windows page to no avail. Two hours ago, around 3:00 p.m. ET, Microsoft officials said they were adding more servers to make sure users ...

UPDATE: Microsoft has canceled the legal threat. I just got an email directly from DtecNet, the anti-piracy company working with Microsoft, saying they have formally withdrawn the notice. There was no ...

An early version of Windows 7, Microsoft’s follow-up to its ho-hum Vista operating software, may appear at a developers conference in mid-January. Developers attending the 11-city one-day MSDN ...