I know that some of you are sick of hearing about Windows 7 already, but given the amount of email I've received with regards to the public beta being made available on Friday, you have a lot of questions about how you should prepare for testing. Here's a quick FAQ based on the feedback I've ...

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has brought us some interesting bits of news this year, one the more exciting of which is the release date for the Windows 7 beta: tomorrow! Technology columnist Rob Pegoraro has been blogging from the floor,...

Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday. The first beta version of the successor to Windows Vista is immediately available as a downloadable disk image to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today at the CES Keynote Address that the Windows 7 Beta will be made available to the public tomorrow (Friday).

Microsoft released the first beta version of Windows 7 at CES 2009. MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet customers can download it immediately, and consumers who want to test the beta will be able to download it tomorrow at this page . Windows 7 is designed to do the following: Work the ...

The rumors turned out to be true. Speaking at CES today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the immediate release of the Windows 7 Home Premium beta to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet subscribers. But while only a select group of testers will get a firsthand look at the next major release of ...

I've put the Windows 7 beta through its paces, and mostly have been impressed. But I also found several problems with it, including hard disks that appear to vanish and turn into phantoms. Here are the hacks for fixing those problems. read more

Microsoft gave a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show late yesterday, and as the Associated Press reports, the company revealed that a public beta of Windows 7 is right around the corner. In fact, you should be able to download it tomorrow. The AP says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer also...

If the idea of getting your hands on the beta of Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 7, excites you, then rest easy. From tomorrow it will be available to the general public from tomorrow, having already become available to MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet subscribers. That was ...

Jealous of the fact that I've been playing with Windows 7 since before Christmas? Can't wait to get your hands on the beta? Your wait is almost over.

Here's some breaking news: At the Microsoft CES Keynote, Steve Ballmer has just announced the launch of the Windows 7 Public beta. Customers of Technet and MSDN can get the beta right away (if you hadn't already been tempted by the various leaks) while the rest of us will have to wait until 2 ...

Got an MSDN subscription? Interested in checking out Windows 7 without engaging in any shady downloading ? According to some tips we're receiving, keys are available right now through official channels -- and they even work. Mr. Ballmer was widely expected to announce the release of the (so ...

It looks like the usual suspects are at it again, showing their baldfaced contempt for copyright law by disseminating a 64-bit version of the Windows 7 beta. When we saw the 32-bit version a couple weeks ago things looked pretty good, outperforming Vista and XP in "real world" tasks, so ...

From PC World: Attendees of the International Conference on Cyber Security 2009 in New York Tuesday were reminded of the shortcomings of Windows Vista a day before Microsoft is expected to reveal the first beta for its follow-up, Windows 7. Microsoft Investigative Consultant Michael ...

When Build 7000 of Windows 7 leaked onto the Internet recently, some bloggers speculated that Microsoft had deliberately leaked Build 7000. If that's the case, Redmond has some 'splainin' to do : numerous users have reported that Windows Media Player 12 (the media player included in Windows ...

I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release. Continue ...

A couple of days ago Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet published some information about the performance of Windows 7 Beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400), these early builds are more geared towards stability than performance, but it still pretty interesting to get an early preview of the ...

Windows 7 is shaping up to be a great performer, judging by early benchmarks from the first beta release. ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has tested the beta in 23 real-world tasks, from network transfers to Excel file handling, and he claims it already outperforms both Windows Vista and Windows ...

Having my hands on the beta 1 of Windows 7 over the holidays has been an interesting experience because it's allowed me to show the OS to people and get feedback from a broad range of users as to how they feel about Microsoft's upcoming operating system.

You might've heard that crazy rumor making the rounds that Microsoft leaked the Windows 7 beta on purpose to build some positive buzz, and while there's no real evidence (or likelihood) of that of any sort, the seemingly-magical build 7000 is certainly doing well for itself. Following up on ...