Windows 7

Windows 7 ships on Thursday and Microsoft will undoubtedly be celebrating the release of its flagship desktop software. Here are some folks who got left off the guest list for one reason or another.

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Since its inception, Microsoft has made a practice of folding innovation by others into its proprietary products. Windows 7 is no exception. Beginning with version 1.0, Windows has accreted features that often eclipsed third-party products, sometimes killing them in the process.

Until now, Windows Vista was the most secure version of the Windows operating system. Windows 7 picks up where Vista left off, and improves on that foundation to provide an even more secure computing experience. Here's a look at some of the more significant security enhancements in Windows 7.

With 13 patches released on Patch Tuesday, IT administrators have a daunting task of just deciding where to get started. Experts advise that the best place is where the most damage can happen, and where it can happen fast.

How should you upgrade to Windows 7? The answers depend on several factors specific to your environment, but here are the key decisions and options you'll have to address to ensure a successful migration to Windows 7.

Coming up with a great technology product or service is only half the battle these days. Creating a name for said product that is at once cool but not too cool or exclusionary, marketable to both early adopters and a broader audience, and, of course, isn't already in use and protected by various trademarks and copyright laws is difficult—to say the least. The makers of these 10 tech products—the iPod, BlackBerry, Firefox, Twitter, Windows 7, ThinkPad, Android, Wikipedia, Mac OS X and the "Big Cats," and Red Hat Linux—all have displayed certain amounts marketing savvy, common sense and fun-loving spirit in settling on their products' names. Here are the intriguing, surprising and sometimes predictable accounts of their creation.

In anticipation of Windows 7 being released into the wild on Oct. 22, here is an up-to-date pictorial guide to the most compelling navigation and networking features of the OS.

There are still plenty of things that will take place between now and October 22, when Microsoft releases Windows 7. Here's the breakdown of some key events and revelations leading up to the release.

Despite the positive reception of Windows 7 thus far, many businesses still plan to ride out Windows XP as the economy slowly improves. But early adopters of Windows 7 are out there, eagerly planning to utilize the user interface enhancements and the "under the hood" networking features such as DirectAccess and BranchCache.