engine - 1:38 pm on Apr 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

Microsoft boss Bill Gates has dropped a hint about the next version of Windows. He said Windows 7 could be released "sometime in the next year or so" during a Q&A session at a meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. After the event a Microsoft spokeswoman said the new version was scheduled for 2010 - three years after the January 2007 release of Vista for consumers.

Bill Gates Gives A Hint, Windows 7 May Come By 2010 [news.bbc.co.uk]