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 ...

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 is canceling its plan to offer versions of Windows without the Internet Explorer browser in Europe, a move that was supposed to ease antitrust concerns. The decision to scrap the browserless ...

This week, Microsoft started pushing an update to Windows 8.1 and unsupported Windows 7 PCs that installs its new Chromium-based Edge browser. The browser does not replace Internet Explorer. When ...

It’s a bit of a surprise but BetaNews.com is reporting their testing shows Windows 7 RC speeds up browser performance. IE specifically picks up the pace by about 12%. Why is happening? I don’t think ...

Google’s Chrome browser is leaving Windows 7 and 8.1 behind. To access new versions of Google’s Chrome browser, users will have to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11. The next upgrade for the Chrome browser ...

A Sad Day: In today's world, a small number of PC users are still clinging to a "pure" Windows 7 desktop experience. However, one of the last ways to access the internet through a modern software ...

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 ...

Microsoft has released the fourth Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview. It offers important features for Web developers, but most of them probably won't be able to use it: though Internet Explorer 10 ...

The company began pushing new Edge to Windows 10 users in June, shortly after deprecating legacy Edge on Windows 10. Unlike the old Edge, the new Edge isn't exclusive to Windows 10 and runs on macOS, ...