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 ...

Mozilla Firefox, the last major browser still providing security updates for older Microsoft systems, has announced the end of support for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 after February 2026.

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 ...

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 ...