The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress.

Microsoft's ad campaign is a lie. Let's set the record straight about who really shaped the Windows 7 development process Windows 7 was made by you. Windows 7 was made by me. Windows 7 was made by ...

Microsoft says it plans to get Windows 7 out the door in time for the holidays, but company officials say they won't be rushed as they put the final touches on Vista's successor.

Performance: Although Windows 7 will be built on the same code base as Windows Vista, a Fundamentals team (one of 25 within the Windows 7 development group) is working to speed up boot time, in ...

In a response to Computerworld’s article on NSA involvement in Windows 7 development, Microsoft stated: “Microsoft has not and will not put ‘backdoors’ into Windows.” ...

Some of Microsoft's largest channel partners that have been testing Windows 7 in small deployments are excited about the cost savings the OS represents compared to its largely unpopular predecessor.

I’ve long felt the Windows 7 development process was a bit too opaque. After the near transparency of the Vista soap opera — where we all tuned in weekly to learn of the latest axed feature or ...

Microsoft will likely announce that Windows 7 has reached "release to manufacturing," or RTM, status on Wednesday, sources said.

And that says a lot about the state of Windows 7 development … That is, Windows 7 is much further along now than was any other Windows version when it reached its first beta release.

2010, a “Windows 7” software subscription odyssey Microsoft has again confirmed that the "big release" approach to software development is alive and well at Microsoft. Ballmer said as much ...

The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant wants to ensure the Windows 7 end user reaps the full Windows experience by taking a development approach that is more transparent to third-party developers ...