news.cnet.com - 5/11/2009
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Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it is planning to release Windows 7 this year , in time for the holiday shopping season.
"We are tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday," Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte said in an interview. Veghte plans to make a similar statement in a speech ...
anandtech.com - 5/6/2009
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anandtech.com —
Following closely on the heels of Windows 7
Beta 1, Microsoft has released RC1 to the public.
We find out what's new and how it stacks up to previous versions of Windows...
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Windows 7: Release Candidate 1 Preview
pcworld.com - 5/11/2009
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pcworld.com —
Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism
by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as
many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the company said. It will be the second time that Microsoft has released phony updates for ...
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Microsoft to Test Windows 7 with Fake Fixes - Business ...
digitimes.com - 5/6/2009
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digitimes.com —
Marvin Ma, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 6
May 2009] The penetration rate of Windows 7 will
be significantly higher than that of Windows Vista in the business sector in a two-year period after the new OS is launched, according to sources ...
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Windows 7 penetration rate to be higher than Vista two ...
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 will launch this year
TechSpot —
Microsoft has just confirmed that its Windows 7 operating system will launch in time for the holiday shopping season not that you should act surprised or anything. Previously, the companys official stance was that Windows 7 would be available roughly three years after the general availability of Vista, but steady development coupled with numerous ...
At Last: 2009 Is Officially the "Year of Windows 7"
Maximum PC —
... Is it time to put a shiny new Windows 7-based computer on your holiday shopping list? Yes, it is. Redmond has finally made it official - Windows 7 is coming out this year. In an interview with Cnet's Ina Fried, Microsoft Senior VP Bill Veghte confirmed that "We [Microsoft] are tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday." ...
Pirated Windows 7 RC builds botnet
DriverHeaven.net —
... A pirated version of Windows 7 Release Candidate infected with a Trojan horse has created a botnet with tens of thousands of bots under its control, according to researchers at security firm Damballa. ...
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Microsoft has already gone into plenty of detail about the touch features in Windows 7. In fact, touch was the first thing that the company shared when it came to how Windows 7 would look and feel.
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Windows 7 may unleash latent PC demand —
CNET News - Business Tech 5/11/2009
Longstanding latent demand for PCs packing a new version of Windows is set to be unleashed, following Microsoft's nod Monday for a holiday release of Windows 7 .
Laptop shipments should get a boost from Windows 7. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) ...
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