The pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developers Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of ...

Although even the best-connected users can’t get their hands on Windows 7’s final code until Aug. 6, people willing to pirate the new operating system can download it today from several file-sharing ...

Microsoft is expected to issue a beta version of Windows 7 next month called Build 7000. But patience isn’t one of the virtues of the Windows community. So it is hardly a surprise that pirated copies ...

According to the Windows enthusiast site Neowin, several BitTorrent sites have been seeded with files posing as the M1 — for Milestone 1 — build of Windows 7, an early preview version of Windows Vista ...