Windows 7 news from FierceCIO

If you've been waiting to swap out Windows XP for Windows 8, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wants you to rethink your OS upgrade plans. Instead of waiting until the launch of Windows 8 in 2012, the Read more...

Windows remains the predominant OS of choice in the enterprise and can be found on 88% of corporate systems, according to a new study by Forrester Research. The study analyzed more than 400,000 Read more...

Windows 8 could be arriving in 2012, according to bloggers who spotted a posting on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Dutch website. While the reference to Windows 8 was quickly taken down, the translated Read more...

Rumors are bubbling about the next version of Windows, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer fanned the flames last week when he called the upcoming OS the company's "riskiest product bet." Read more...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been "almost eerily silent" about the early success of Windows 7, writes Ed Bott at ZDNet, even though it has already sold 175 million licenses for it. It comes as no Read more...

The most popular technologies among IT executives are Windows 7 and unified communications, according to a survey just released by Computer Economics. The main conclusion the researchers drew is that Read more...

Many expected to see Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) target its upcoming Slate tablet computer, which will run Windows 7, to the consumer market, but it looks like the company plans to go after Read more...

It's that time of year when we are all looking back to evaluate 2009. What can be categorized as the best of times and the worst? How can we learn from these and what can we change? CIO magazine came Read more...

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A survey of 1,100 IT professionals by a Florida-based developer ScriptLogic revealed that 59.3 percent have no plan to roll out Windows 7. While about a third indicated they will be upgrading to the Read more...