In my post about Windows 7 back in January (""="">), I ended with a statement that deserves some follow-up: Those who are predicting that Windows 7 will include some radically stripped-down kernel ...

Microsoft bloggers and the Microsoft community at large have noticed that Microsoft is being very tight-lipped about Windows 7. In a blog post, Chris Flores of the Windows Client Communications Team ...

After the web learned earlier this week that the final name of Vista's successor was Windows 7, all hell broke loose. The general consensus was that Windows 7 wasn't a bad name, but the reasoning ...

For those who want the full interview with Windows engineering head Steven Sinofsky, I've posted a nearly complete transcript. For those who want the abridged version, along with some quick analysis, ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, yes, but still considerably newer and more technically modern than ...

After releasing new cumulative updates for Windows 10, Microsoft is also rolling out a new patch for both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Earlier today, the software maker pushed out these updates for ...