Microsoft's decision to call its next operating system 'Windows 7' has prompted hundreds of observers to dispute the name..

On the same day Novell and Dell announced a major Linux pact, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent customers a memo touting the benefits of migrating to Windows rather than Linux.

Here's our 60 second guide, and a wishlist for Microsoft's new baby.

Finally, Microsoft comes clean about the failure of Vista and detail their plans for the new features to be released under Windows 7.

Consumer PC receive discounted upgrades where premium systems can update at anominal fee.

The lifespan of a poorly protected PC connected to the internet is a mere four minutes, research released this week claims. After that, it's owned by a hacker.

Rumours say the Windows 7 beta could be announced next month, as millions of bloggers sharpen their claws.

Vista sucessor due January 2010 - and Microsoft is assuring the world that this time, there won't be pesky "incompatibility" problems..

Update for Windows Defender among 20 patches in monthly update.

Microsoft this week released public previews of the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as it changed the official names of the high-end operating systems.

January 2010 launch date 'looking good', says Steve Ballmer, adding that the new OS is "starting to look great". Great news if you're considering skipping Vista.

Users of pirated Vista copies limited to internet browsing.

Microsoft stopped publishing licences for Windows 3.X as of November 1st, finally discontinuing its first successful mass-market graphical PC operating system, which had struggled along for over 18 years.