windowsteamblog.com - 1/23/2009
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First off: thank you for your interest in beta testing Windows 7! As we near January 24th, we wanted to update everyone again on the next steps for the Windows 7 Beta. The amount of feedback we have received has been amazing and continues to pour in. We are at a point where we have more than ...
hothardware.com - 1/20/2009
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hothardware.com —
When Windows Vista first hit the scene, it
was quite a departure from Windows XP. It had
been a while since a major desktop operating system release from Microsoft, and consumers along with many businesses, were slow to adopt. Add to that the new and ...
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Windows 7 Up Close and Personal
tweaktown.com - 1/17/2009
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Windows 7 BETA vs. Windows Vista SP1 SSD
Performance Compared Continuing on with our early Windows 7
beta coverage, we move onto Solid State Drive (SSD) performance. The topic of SSDs itself is rather interesting, but when you team up the increasingly ...
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Windows 7 BETA vs Windows Vista SP1 SSD Performance ...
kaspersky.com - 1/20/2009
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Kaspersky Lab releases technical preview of Kaspersky Anti-Virus
for Windows 7 Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of
secure content management systems, announces the release of a technical prototype of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7 . Windows 7 is ...
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Go grab the Windows 7 BETA before it's too late
TweakTown's News RSS Feed —
... Brandon LeBlanc over at the Windows Blog has announced that February 10th will be the cut off day for Windows 7 BETA downloads. The shutdown of general availability for the Windows 7 Beta will occur in 3 phases over the course of the next few weeks: Starting January 27th, the Windows 7 page will be updated with a warning that time is running out on downloading the Windows 7 Beta and that we will be limiting downloads shortly. People will be encouraged to register and start the download of the Windows 7 Beta sooner rather than later. February 10th, new downloads of the ...
Saturday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News —
... Microsoft to do General availability for the Windows 7 beta to end on Feb. 10 Engadget: Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore benchmakrs, ...
Microsoft extends Windows 7 beta downloads to February 10
Engadget —
... Good news for those of you who haven't yet snagged a copy of the Windows 7 beta -- Microsoft's decided to extend the beta download period to February 10th. That's the second extension we've gotten from Redmond -- the company says that interest is so high ...
Windows 7 Beta Download Extended Until Feb. 10
Maximum PC —
... , and now they intend to extend the download period from January 24th to February 10th. Microsoft claims that it already has more than enough beta testers to meet its engineering needs, and they intend to prolong the availability of the beta merely to make sure everyone who wants to give it a try gets a chance. Despite the fact that Microsoft intends to cease downloads on February 10th, those who already began the process will have until the 12th to grab the file off the official servers. For those of you hoping to activate copies of Windows 7 past this date, make sure you ...
Windows 7 Beta General Availability Extended
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... The Windows Team Blog announced yesterday that they have extended the deadline for downloading the Windows 7 public beta by nearly two weeks. If you've not already downloaded the beta operating system, you still have until February 10th to start your download and until February 12th to complete the download. If you've downloaded the beta, but not yet gotten your Windows 7 key, you may continue to do so even after the February 10th deadline. ...
Windows 7 public beta to stay available until February 10
The Tech Report: News —
... 6:00 AM on January 26, 2009 Scratch the 2.5-million download limit and January 24 deadline members of the public still have another couple of weeks to download the Windows 7 beta. Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc has posted an update on the Windows Team Blog to say the deadline has jumped once again , this time from January 24 to February 10. To be more specific, Microsoft will stop accepting new downloads on February 10, but folks who already started downloads will be able to continue them until February 12. After that date, the company will block all downloads. LeBlanc says the ...
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