engadget.com - 1/3/2009
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Yes, Virginia, there's a leaked copy of Windows 7 beta floating around, and if you aren't the type to "break the law" and check it out yourself, the folks at Tech Cast News have made for you a picture-laden walkthrough of the installation process and some of the OS's new features, including ...
microsoft.com - 1/8/2009
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microsoft.com —
Over the past few years, you've asked us
to make some changes to Windows. We listened closely....
Now it's time to share an early look at how we've used your feedback. Windows 7 is faster, more reliable, and makes it easier to do what you want. Both the ...
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Welcome to Windows 7
microsoft.com - 1/10/2009
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microsoft.com —
Some product features of Windows 7, such as
the ability to watch and record live TV or...
navigation through the use of "touch," may require advanced or additional hardware. You'll need a system recovery disk (and know how to use it). You're [almost] ...
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Download the Windows 7 Beta
windowsteamblog.com - 1/11/2009
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windowsteamblog.com —
I know many of you have had issues
with the Windows 7 Beta site over the last...
24 hours. As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some ...
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Here’s where we stand
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Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in "real-world" tasks
Engadget —
... 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 wide praise for the fledgling OS, ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pitted the beta up against XP and Vista in some informal "real-word" tasks like boot up, shut down, file maneuvers, installations and other common tasks. On both test systems, an AMD Phenom 9700 setup and an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 number (with ATI and NVIDIA graphics, respectively), the Windows 7 ...
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engadget.com 1/10/2009 —
But this time, you don't have to head over to your favorite torrent tracker to get it. Microsoft just began its Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program , which means you can head on over to your favorite internet , download the ISO, burn a DVD and ...
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Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup
geekzone.co.nz 2/3/2009 — News : Windows , posted 4-FEB-2009 04:00 Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup Microsoft is annoucing the Windows 7 SKU lineup with different Windows 7 editions for specific market requirements. Each SKU is a superset of the previous SKU. This means ...
How to Get, Install and Play With Windows 7, Pain Free [Windows 7]
i.gizmodo.com 1/13/2009 — You've been thinking about installing Windows 7 Beta 1 now that it's totally available to anyone . Well, here's our complete guide to grabbing, installing and playing with Windows 7—it's (mostly) painless, so no excuses! Are You Ready? ...
Tech Reviews - Windows 7 Beta Review
techreviewsource.com 12/29/2008 — The first beta of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, the successor to Windows Vista, will be released to the public for beta testing in January. Build 7000, or Beta 1, of Windows 7 is nothing more than Build 6801 with a few tweaks added ...
Windows 7 - What we still don’t know …
blogs.zdnet.com 1/9/2009 — With today's release of the public beta of Windows 7, there are still plenty of unanswered questions related to Microsoft's new OS. Let's examine some of them here.
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bit-tech.net 1/16/2009 — With Microsoft opening the beta of its next generation Windows 7 OS to the public, we put it up against the current standard of Vista x64 with Service Pack 1 to see what's new and how it compares in an early look at performance.
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thinkcomputers.org 2/22/2009 — Windows 7, I'm sure you have heard of it by now. Already Microsoft has a new operating system, hopefully this one won't be a disaster like Vista was. If you installed Vista or even later versions of XP from a DVD you know that it was very time ...
Windows 7 beta washes up on Pirate Bay —
The Register 1/2/2009
If we build it they will come Microsoft is set to release the first beta of its upcoming operating system Windows 7 at some point this month, but ahead of that release the trial version has already – unsurprisingly – landed on BitTorrent sites.…
Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage —
Technology 1/3/2009
Microsoft's Internet browser lost a notable number of users during the last half of 2008, according to recently published data, a trend that underscores the growing competition in a market long dominated by the software giant
Phones becoming digital bags of tricks —
Technology 1/3/2009
The popularity of cool applications for Apple's iPhone, the leader of the transformation, is driving a fierce competition among the makers of the BlackBerry and Palm devices, and even Google and Microsoft.
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