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techreport.com - 12/3/2008
First Windows 7 beta coming out in early January
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The first beta release of Windows 7 may be out in just over a month, according to the official website of the MSDN Developer Conference. About half-way down the site's about page, you'll see a "Giveaways" section, the Windows 7 logo, and the following text sitting right under it: ...
code.msdn.microsoft.com - 11/28/2008
UPDATED RELEASE: Windows 7 Developer Guide (Oct 28, 2008)
— code.msdn.microsoft.com — Windows 7 developer guide. (more) UPDATED RELEASE: Windows 7 Developer Guide (Oct 28, 2008)

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techradar.com - 11/29/2008
How Windows 7 shames Vista on battery life | News | TechRadar UK
— techradar.com — If a notebook runs Windows Vista, it will run Windows 7 and it will get better battery... life, promises Gabriel Aul of the Windows Performance team. But PC manufacturers and device suppliers are also going to have to do their part to make a big ... (more) How Windows 7 shames Vista on battery life | News | ...

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Windows 7 allows DirectX 10 acceleration on the CPU
custompc.co.uk - 11/28/2008
Windows 7 allows DirectX 10 acceleration on the CPU
— custompc.co.uk — Posted at: 11:12am 28th November 2008 by Ben Hardwidge Windows 7’s new WARP system can run Direct3D... 10 and 10.1 on the CPU, doing away with the need for a hardware 3D accelerator in some circumstances DirectX CPU It turns out that Intel isn’t the only ... (more) Windows 7 allows DirectX 10 acceleration on the CPU

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    Well, here comes the fall of Windows 7. They really need to release products on schedule.
    Posted 12/4/2008 respond (flag)
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First Windows 7 beta coming out in early January
Madshrimps News RSS Feed — ... The first beta release of Windows 7 may be out in just over a month, according to the official website of the MSDN Developer Conference. The first two MSDN Developer Conferences to take place after December are scheduled for January 13, so the note strongly suggests Microsoft will start handing out Windows 7 beta DVDs then. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15993 ...

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