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microsoft.com - 1/8/2009
Microsoft’s Ballmer Announces Availability of Windows 7 Beta and Windows Live: Company previews simpler, better Windows operating system and highlights connected entertainment offerings at CES.
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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 applications and files people use most often ...

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I4U News:  Microsoft announces Windows 7 Beta Download to start this Week in CES Keynote

Gizmodo:  Windows 7 Beta Now Available [Ces 2009]

AppleInsider:  Microsoft intros Windows 7 beta, Songsmith app at CES

technet.microsoft.com - 1/9/2009
Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview
— technet.microsoft.com — You are willing to participate as an active beta tester and provide feedback to help us complete Windows 7. You have an extra computer available to dedicate to testing beta software. You can back up your PC, install and reinstall Windows, and ... (more) Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview
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microsoft.com - 1/10/2009
Download the Windows 7 Beta
— 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] ... (more) Download the Windows 7 Beta
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windowsteamblog.com - 1/8/2009
Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7 Beta - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows ...
— 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.) ... (more) Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7 ...

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Microsoft announces Windows 7 Beta Download to start this Week in CES Keynote
I4U News — ... . Windows Live, the third leg of the Windows experience, has been bolstered with the newly released Windows Live Essentials, which includes popular services such as the PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award-winning Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer and Windows Live Mail. Microsoft highlighted also Windows Mobile, but did not announce a new OS. Via this Microsoft announcement . Posted on Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:02:25 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows 7 Beta Now Available [Ces 2009]
Gizmodo — As I mentioned perhaps all too subtly in my Ballmer keynote post, Windows 7 Beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with wide availability on Friday, January 9. [Microsoft] ...

Microsoft intros Windows 7 beta, Songsmith app at CES
AppleInsider — ... Ballmer announced a free Windows 7 public beta, available for download tomorrow, and a new piece of song composition software akin to Apple's GarageBand. "Windows has become the language that over a billion people speak at every country and culture around the world," Ballmer told an audience of thousands on hand for the year's largest consumer electronics show. "I believe Windows will remain at the center of people's technology solar system." Included in the keynote were several  new feature announcements , outlined in a press release.  Home Group will let Windows users ...

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