Microsoft sued for $600 million
Or a single working copy of Windows 7
An Albuquerque man has sued Microsoft with the unusual choice of providing a fresh copy of Windows 7 or $600 million in damages.
Windows 7 still beating Windows 10
You can’t keep a good OS down
Windows 10 use was expected to overtake Windows 7 by the end of 2017, but according to the latest figures it did not happen.
Patch for Win 7 dinosaurs who want modern chips
Windows 7 shall still rule the earth
Software King of the World, Microsoft has made it clear that it does not want users of Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Bristol Ridge CPUs using Windows 7.
Windows 10 use continues to grow
But Windows 7 is still king
NetMarketShare’s monthly OS usage figures show that Windows 10 use is growing but it is still a long way behind the aging and insecure Windows 7.
Most Firefox users are on Windows 7 laggards
Once you guys were cutting edge
Most Firefox users are the types who are still Windows 7 hold outs and are refusing to upgrade to Windows 10, according to a new survey.
Window 10 is less secure than Windows 7
US-CERT Coordination Centre warns
The US-CERT Coordination Centre has warned that Windows 7 with EMET offers greater protection than Windows 10.
OEMS can’t sell Windows 7 and 8.1
End of an error
Software giant Microsoft is forbidding its OEM chums from flogging hardware with its ancient Windows 7 and awful Windows 8.1 under the bonnet.
Manufacturers fear Intel's Windows 10 plans pushing up costs
Pushing up costs
Intel's plan to have its next-generation processors support only Windows 10 is causing the industrial PC players a few sleepless nights.
Microsoft in Skylake U-Turn
Also broke Windows 10 Mobile promise
Software outfit Microsoft has U-turned over its decision to kill off support for Intel Skylake processors running Windows 7 and 8.1 next year.
Microsoft to only support Windows 10 on Intel Kaby Lake, AMD Bristol Ridge, Snapdragon 820
Windows 7, 8, 8.1 updates for Skylake systems to end on July 17, 2017
In a rather authoritarian, sweeping effort to increase its worldwide Windows 10 install base, Microsoft has announced it will end support for operating systems older than Windows 10 on newer chipset platforms, including Intel’s Skylake, in a year and a half from now, and that Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows OS on new chipset platforms going forward in 2016.