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![Windows 10 passes 25% market share, Vista drops below 1%](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![Windows 10 passes 20% market share](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 passes 20% market share
![Windows 10 hit 300 million devices 6 months faster than Windows 7](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Analysis
Windows 10 hit 300 million devices 6 months faster than Windows 7
![Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/windows_7_wallpaper_cropped.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)
![Windows 10 passes 10% market share, overtakes Windows 8.1 and Windows XP](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 passes 10% market share, overtakes Windows 8.1 and Windows XP
![Windows 10 ends 2015 under 10% market share](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 ends 2015 under 10% market share
![Windows 10 hits 9% market share, El Capitan takes first among OS X versions](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 hits 9% market share, El Capitan takes first among OS X versions
![Windows 10 grabs 7.94% market share, slowly stealing from Windows 7 and XP](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 grabs 7.94% market share, slowly stealing from Windows 7 and XP
![Windows 10 grabs 6.63% market share, Linux finally passes Windows Vista](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 grabs 6.63% market share, Linux finally passes Windows Vista
![Windows 10 grabs 5.21% market share, passing Windows Vista and Windows 8 in just one month](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/windows_10_wallpaper.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 grabs 5.21% market share, passing Windows Vista and Windows 8 in just one month
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Microsoft issues patches for critical OpenType vulnerability affecting Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Vista, RT, Server
![Windows 7 passes 60% market share ahead of Windows 10’s debut](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/windows_7_wallpaper.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 7 passes 60% market share ahead of Windows 10’s debut
![Microsoft announces Windows 10 available July 29](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microsoft-Windows-10-visitor-center.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft announces Windows 10 available July 29
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Here’s how to get Wii U’s GameCube Controller Adapter working on Windows
![Windows 8 and 8.1 finally pass 15% market share, Windows XP drops below 20% mark](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/windows_81_desktop.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 8 and 8.1 finally pass 15% market share, Windows XP drops below 20% mark
![Windows 10 is Microsoft's big fat apology for Windows 8](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/terry-myerson.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Windows 10 is Microsoft's big fat apology for Windows 8
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Hewlett-Packard reveals HP Stream series of skinny laptops and tablets
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Hands-on with Surface Pro 3: Microsoft's hybrid tablet isn't so crazy anymore
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China forbids running Windows 8 on government computers
![Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3: A 12-inch tablet that targets your laptop](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/surface-pro-3-1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3: A 12-inch tablet that targets your laptop
![Microsoft boosts the IQ of its Bing desktop search tool for Windows 8](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/microsoft-windows-surface-2-karlis-dambrans-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft boosts the IQ of its Bing desktop search tool for Windows 8
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TabTale takes its popular kids apps to Windows 8 (exclusive)
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Microsoft loses longtime Windows and Office leader Antoine Leblond
![Microsoft promises it will follow stricter standards before searching your Hotmail account](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Microsoft promises it will follow stricter standards before searching your Hotmail account
![Mozilla kills ‘Metro’ Windows 8 Firefox plans, claims interest has been ‘pretty flat’](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/firefox-for-windows-8.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Mozilla kills ‘Metro’ Windows 8 Firefox plans, claims interest has been ‘pretty flat’
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Project Spark developers share users’ steampunk, apocalyptic, and pixel-art creations
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Microsoft considers bringing Android apps to Windows: A quick fix for a long-term problem
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Windows 8.1 update leaks online before its March release date
![Ouch: HP is now promoting PCs running Windows 7 (because Windows 8 isn’t doing so hot)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hp-windows.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Ouch: HP is now promoting PCs running Windows 7 (because Windows 8 isn’t doing so hot)
![Lenovo kicks off CES with its lightest Ultrabook yet, a new Windows 8 Pro tablet, & more](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lenovo_x1_carbon_1160-100222010-orig.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Lenovo kicks off CES with its lightest Ultrabook yet, a new Windows 8 Pro tablet, & more
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Wikipad announces tablet gaming controller add-on for Android and Windows 8
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Surface 2: Microsoft’s productivity tablet dreams finally come true (review)
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Acer lost another $446 million last quarter — and its CEO
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Can Windows 8 be as important as iOS and Android by 2014? This mobile entrepeneur thinks so
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GamesBeat speaker spotlight: Hope for Windows 8 gaming?
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Windows 8.1 is here — and it’s everything Windows 8 should have been
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Microsoft’s Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2: Faster, better battery life, and can finally sit on your lap
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The play-by-play of Microsoft’s next Surface unveiling
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This giant Windows 8 touchscreen PC has a 70-inch monitor
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