blog.wired.com - 1/8/2009
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LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft's excitable CEO Steve
Ballmer showed off Windows 7 -- the slick, fast,
user-friendly successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista -- and said
it will be available as a public beta on Friday.
Unveiled by an intense Ballmer during his keynote address on the ...
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 - 1/8/2009
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microsoft.com —
Make everyday tasks faster and easier. The more
streamlined and intuitive design of Windows 7 is intended...
to simplify the things people do every day on their PCs. Desktop improvements make using the PC easier and provide immediate access to the ...
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Announces Availability of ...
windowsteamblog.com - 1/8/2009
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windowsteamblog.com —
As of today, I am running the Windows
7 Beta on several different PCs including my laptop,...
my work PC, and my PC at home, which I upgraded recently to Windows 7 from Windows Vista SP1. (I’ll be outlining the PCs I’m using to test Windows 7 shortly.) ...
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Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7 ...
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Windows 7 Beta Released To Public This Friday, January 9
GadgetReview —
... Windows 7 Beta this Friday as a free download. This is great news for those who are sick and tired of the clunkiness known as Vista (which sold 300 million worldwide, go figure??).
The new Windows 7 promises to be a leaner, meaner version of Vista since it was designed, as Balmer put it, with “simplicity, reliability and speed” in mind. But don’t take his words for it, try it yourself this Friday. More info here.
[Wired]
Windows 7 Beta Available as Free Download on Friday [Windows 7]
Lifehacker —
... (i.e., BitTorrent) since December, but if you've been waiting for things to get a little more legit before you tried it out, you won't have to wait much longer. [ via ]
Microsoft Unleashes Windows 7 Beta As Free Download
Fast Company - Technology —
... security, a streamlined design intended to make "every day" computing tasks simpler, a more central role for media players/entertainment software and support for multitouch. Microsoft's timing with this Beta is understandable: Windows 7 can be seen as a slimmed-down, uprated Vista, and Apple's slimmed-down, up-rated OS X "Snow Leopard" is also due to arrive imminently--despite not receiving a mention during Phil Schiller's own keynote address at MacWorld. [ Microsoft and Wired ]
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Microsoft CES 2009 Keynote Live Video Stream available —
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Microsoft traditionally kicks of the keynotes at the CES 2009. In a couple of minutes Steve Ballmer will take the stage to deliver his first CES keynote since Bill Gates left.
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