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 ...

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 ...

We expected this, but Microsoft has confirmed that there won’t be anymore Windows 7 beta releases. Just the hot little release you’re playing with. There will be a followup (possibly private) release ...

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 I just got an email directly from DtecNet, the anti-piracy company working with Microsoft, saying they have formally withdrawn the notice.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 ...

I'm glad that many people did beta this thing. I'd rather them have a wide gambit of builds and systems to take info off of to see how 7 is running and what needs to be fixed/modified.