The next version of Windows will grade performance. You'll have to decide whether to buy a new hard drive. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, ...

Speaking to a crowd of hardware engineers last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates trumpeted the fact that the company has sold 40 million copies of Vista since the operating system hit the market.

For example, I wandered into a local branch of office-supply giant Staples the weekend of February 3, 2007, to check out the prices on Vista upgrades and the availability of computers with Vista ...

TAIPEI, March 29 (Reuters) - After all the hype surrounding its January launch, Microsoft's new Vista operating system has yet to brighten the outlook for PC makers and could even lead to oversupplies ...

It’s official: On June 30, Windows XP enjoyed its last day as a readily available consumer operating system. Henceforth, it will be available only under a few marginal circumstances. People who ...

Microsoft’s wish that consumers purchase the premium versions of Windows Vista rather than the most basic version of the operating system may be coming true, according to the findings of a research ...

PC vendors were putting on a brave face Wednesday in the wake of news from Microsoft Corp. that the consumer version of the Windows Vista operating system would not ship in time for pre-loaded ...

Personal computer manufacturers and sellers, fearing that Vista's imminent release might lead consumers to hold off on billions of dollars of purchases over the holidays, have been discounting ...

This weekend I came face to face with one of the real reasons Vista sales have been flagging: My 18-year-old son and I could barely set up a new Vista machine for my 80-something father. If two ...