Microsoft made the first release candidate of Windows 7 available for free download on Thursday. In an unprecedented move for the company, the software will run on a user's PC for more than a year.

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), prematurely available on BitTorrent file-sharing sites and due to be more widely available on May 5, is a polished piece of work, ready for prime time. This hotly ...

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), prematurely available on BitTorrent file-sharing sites and due to be more widely available on May 5, is a polished piece of work, ready for prime time. This hotly ...

Gavin Clarke deals out the deets: Stable and completed code for Windows 7 will be released to early adopters during [this] week, with mass availability planned for the following Tuesday. The eagerly ...

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I’ve been really struck over the past few days by the difference in approaches between the Windows 7 RC1 and Vista SP2 releases. Windows 7 beta and RC1 have been handled much like the new Obama ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The Windows 7 craze started early last year when the first public beta of the operating system became ...

We knew this was coming—a day after it was in the hands of partners, legit copies of Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (build 7100) have hit your favorite torrent site ...

Geeksmack is now reporting that the build that was compiled on February 11 was actually 7041. Last week, it was confirmed that the screenshots of the first Windows 7 703x build (7032 to be exact) that ...