Microsoft is to learn the hard way that "a deal is a deal," at least in the eyes of the European Union, by being forced to swallow a massive fine for breaching earlier promises made with the 27-nation ...

Microsoft is bringing its Edge Web browser to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 for the very first time. The company this week announced that it has released previews of its Chromium-based Edge browser for ...

Windows 7 is still a sight more popular than Windows 10. By Federal Digital Analytics Program (DAP)'s count, Windows 7 has a serious lead over Windows 10 -- 25.2 percent to 17.4 percent. So, Windows 7 ...

Hello, all.<BR><BR>So, I've been using the Windows 7 RC for a while, and I've loved it, but one niggling thing is bothering me. It absolutely will not allow me to use other browsers to handle Internet ...

Here are ZDNET's top picks for a variety of use cases. Read now Microsoft might have stopped providing security updates for Windows 7 almost two years ago. However, enough people are still using the ...

Microsoft will continue to support the new Microsoft Edge in Windows 7 even after the operating system reaches the end of life tomorrow. With tomorrow being the last day that Windows 7 will receive ...

Over the weekend, an installer for Microsoft's upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser was leaked and users have been digging into its new features to see what has been added and how well it performs. Of ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Yesterday, a Microsoft executive said that computer manufacturers will have the option of selling the Windows 7 operating system without IE in Europe, caving to European Union pressure. But Norweigan ...

The European Antitrust Commission just reported that Microsoft has offered to pre-install rival browsers on Windows 7 – which is due to be released in October. This proposal was offered by Microsoft ...

Yesterday’s computer news was about something old: Windows 7. After 11 years, Microsoft is officially ending support for it — though as Tom Warren notes, there’s a healthy chance the company will ...