PDC attendees received the Windows 7 "Pre-Release Preview" as part of the goodies Microsoft distributed Tuesday afternoon. I have already installed the new OS on a spare computer at home, though as I ...

Even in a multi-part review, it's almost impossible to cover every perceivable feature of a Windows operating system, but there are a few new niceties that we'd like to shed a little light on. For ...

Before I begin Let me make this perfectly clear – this post is pure unadulterated speculation on my part. Now that that’s out of the way… One of the big problems that Microsoft could have when trying ...

Linux: W7 Theme is a free script that skins your Linux desktop with a familiar Windows 7 look and feel. Click on the image for a closer look. We recently shared a program that makes your Windows ...

Neowin attended a Windows 7 reviewers workshop on Sunday. And they showed the user interface enhancements introduced with Windows 7. "Keeping with the trend, Averett described herself as a PC, wearing ...

Has Microsoft, after more than 20 years of work, finally come up with an operating system that rivals the Mac OS? Are the two just different flavors of the same GUI? Hadley Stern, writing for Apple ...

Windows Vista isn't even in its half-life, but already Microsoft and its customers are spending far more time talking about what's to come -- Windows 7. As we discussed in Part I, Windows 7 offers ...

After I installed Windows Vista in November 2006, I was perplexed. Why was it suddenly so much harder for me to use my computer? I knew XP cold, and I could use it without thinking. But with Vista, I ...

Sometimes I don’t know my own strength. After several painful weeks of poking holes in the Windows 7 bubble (and being poked right back by the legions of Windows zealots), it seems my message about ...