Microsoft Round Up: Win7 Users Grumble, Bing Up, More

12.02.2010

Microsoft Gives a Glimpse of Windows 8 A cached version of a blog post on MSDN says to expect the unexpected from the next version of the Windows OS.

Enterprises Ditch Microsoft's IE6, Go Big for IE8 Contrary to popular thought, enterprises are not wedded to Microsoft's old and buggy Internet Explorer 6, but have largely dumped the browser, a researcher said Wednesday.

Bing Gains Hollow as Microsoft Online Bleeds Millions Microsoft Bing's piece of the U.S. search market keeps growing bit by bit, but Microsoft is a long way from profiting from it as its online services division loses hundreds of millions each quarter.

Users Dispute Microsoft's Explanation of Windows 7 Battery Problems Microsoft's head of Windows said Monday in response to customer complaints that Windows 7 does not ruin notebook batteries or issue premature warnings that the power is exhausted, but Windows 7 users who have experienced those problems disagreed, calling the explanation "hand washing."

Windows 7 Stability Update Makes PCs Unstable, Users Report Some Windows 7 users say their PCs started to freeze or randomly display the infamous "Blue screen of death" after applying a January update Microsoft billed as a stability and reliability fix.