A Google security expert who has clashed with Microsoft in the past over how it discloses Windows security flaws is at it again.  Tavis Ormandy, an information security engineer at Google, has found what he's calling "a pretty obvious bug" in Wi

Yes. Windows 7.

Even though 60% of Windows 8 users pretty much spend all their time with Windows 7 apps, there's still enough native Windows 8 apps in use to name the most popular ones. So finds new research from Soluto, a startup that helps people remotely manage W

It's a crazy competitive world out there--you can't afford to have employees who aren't cutting it.Some months ago, Apple and Microsoft each parted ways with a high-profile senior executives: iOS software chief Scott Forstall and Windows president St

One of the complaints against Windows 8 is the lack of apps. Windows 8 can't run older Windows apps in  "Metro" mode and the Windows RT version can't run Windows 7 apps at all. Seven months after launch, the Windows 8 app store now has 60,000 ap

Microsoft said Windows 8 was selling at a similar pace to Windows 7, but it added that many users were frustrated by changes to the software.    

May 7 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issuan

Microsoft prepares U-turn on Windows 8 (FT), Microsoft admits failure on Windows 8 (MW), After Bumpy Start, Microsoft Rethinks Windows 8 (NYT) China reports four more bird flu deaths, toll rises to 31 (Reuters) Republicans shift stance on US budget

HELSINKI, May 7 (Reuters) - Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop said the company would remain focused on using Microsoft's Windows Phone software to compete with smartphone rivals such as Samsung.

HELSINKI, May 7 (Reuters) - Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop said the company would remain focused on using Microsoft's Windows Phone software to compete with smartphone rivals such as Samsung.

By Ashraf Eassa:I have been an ultra, uber, perma-bear on Windows RT. Windows RT is quite literally Windows 8 but with fewer features, but ships on devices that have no cost advantage over Windows 8 equivalents. See, if I could go out an buy a 7" Win

Good morning. News: Microsoft Windows tablets now make up 7.1% of the market. "Swipe, a Web app that functions as a two-way presentation tool, is launching into beta today." Apple released more renderings of its crazy new headquarters. The lead syst

Outgoing Microsoft CFO Peter Klein said today that Microsoft expects to have a "new small" touch device "in the coming months." Sounds like he's admitting that the fabled 7-inch Windows tablet is on its way. When Windows 8 first shipped in October, i

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have achieved a new milestone at least two months ahead of schedule.

Microsoft is working on its next operating system, code-named Windows Blue, that could be released as early as this summer.  Only a few details about it have leaked so far, making Windows Blue sound like it will basically be an update to Windows

The Leap Motion controller, a computer accessory that lets you control your Mac or Windows 7 PC with hand gestures, will launch May 13 for a very reasonable $79.99, the company announced today. Pre-orders begin today at Best Buy stores. Leap Motion h

Microsoft has announced a version of Internet Explorer 10 for consumers still using Windows 7. Click to view a price quote on MSFT. Click to research the Computer Software & Services industry.

Yesterday, we shared the story of Nick, a university information technology professional who bought a computer for a new employee that already had Windows 8 on it, tried to downgrade to Windows 7, and was told that doing so would void his warranty. W

Nick needed a PC for a new employee, and went to Fry’s and bought it retail. Here’s the problem: the computer came with Windows 8, but the department where he works still only supports Windows 7. It was only after he downgraded that he le

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates forpotential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issu

One of the exits at the small garment factory in Dhaka was locked, forcing some employees to jump out of windows to escape the fire, which occurred just two months after the country’s worst factory fire killed 112 workers.

Microsoft's quarterly earnings slipped 3.7% as the software giant reported weaker sales in its business and entertainment divisions, though revenue in its core Windows business strengthened.

Hey, Microsoft? Just a little heads up. If customers despise your latest and ostensibly greatest operating system so much that businesses are offering a downgrade service, you might want to take that as a sign that something has gone wrong. Because w

We’re not sure if there’s been a lead-foot epidemic spreading or if retail stores are just begging for drivers to crash through them by virtue of those big, glass storefront windows, but we do know it’s been happening a lot lately.

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TAIPEI (Standard & Poor's) Jan. 7, 2013--Taiwan's IT playersare unlikely to fully recover in the first half of 2013 despitestrong demand for smartphones and tablets as well as stabilizingdemand for PCs that use Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system.

Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system seems to be falling behind the adoption rate of its Windows 7 predecessor.

By Ashraf Eassa:From a consumer and from a developer standpoint, I absolutely adore Microsoft (MSFT). Say what you want about Steve Ballmer (who has managed to quite nicely grow net income and sales over the years), but Microsoft's Windows 7 is amazi

Based on what I've seen lately, things don't look promising for Microsoft. This is not wishful thinking. I've been a fan of its products for decades and am writing this column in Microsoft Word on my Windows 7 PC, which I like.

Windows 8 is on track to beat Windows 7 in sales, but will the success last?

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since the launch, according to one of the new co-heads of the Windows unit, setting a faster pace than Windows 7 three years ago.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since the launch, according to one of the new co-heads of the Windows unit, setting a faster pace than Windows 7 three years ago.

Microsoft said the first month of Windows 8 sales has roughly matched that of Windows 7.

It's been about a month since Windows 8 was released and Microsoft has good news to report: It's sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses so far. "Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades," claims Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc on the Windows blo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will ship 16 million tablets and laptop computers operating on Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 and Windows 7 operating systems this year, said Jin Park, vice president of the IT solutions business at Samsun

(Changes shipment figure and says estimates are for Windows 8and Windows 7-based devices in headline and first paragraphafter company corrects)

Software giant's first month of Windows 8 availability outpaces Windows 7 on upgrades.

Since Windows blogger Paul Thurrott called Microsoft out last week for not providing more details on an important update to older Windows Phones called Windows Phone 7.8, there's been a lot of discussion as to whether or not Microsoft can delive

USA Today reports that software security firm Avast surveyed 140,000 of its users, and came up with this stat: About one-third of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP users who are ready to buy a new personal computer say they intend to switch to

The latest version of Microsoft's Web browser is now available to the vast audience connecting to the Internet on personal computers running on the Windows 7 operating system.

Hewlett-Packard is telling consumers not to put Windows 7 on a new Windows 8 PC. If they do, HP could refuse them technical support beyond fixing broken hardware, reports Computerworld's Gregg Keizer. The warning appears on HP's Windows 8 support pag

Microsoft is working on its own smaller tablet, Tom Warren at The Verge reports. The Xbox Surface, as Warren calls it, will be a seven-inch gaming focused tablet. Surprisingly, though, it won't be a Surface Mini. It will run on a version of Windows,

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday demand for the company's new Windows 8 operating system, released to the public on Friday, was running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday demand for the company's new Windows 8 operating system, released to the public on Friday, was running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday demand for thecompany's new Windows 8 operating system, released to the publicon Friday, was running at a higher rate than its last release,Windows 7.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday sales of the company's new Windows 8 operating system, released to the public on Friday, were running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday sales of thecompany's new Windows 8 operating system, released to the publicon Friday, were running at a higher rate than its last release,Windows 7.

Good news for everyone who bought a Windows RT tablet or Windows 8 PC: the apps are coming! A lack of apps has been one of the big complaints for Windows 8, particularly the RT version, which doesn't run Windows 7 apps. (Full Windows 8 PCs will run a