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Sorry I got the Updaes Microsoft: There will only be one Beta for Windows 7 2/13/09, 17:45 GMT At the end of January, in a posting to the Windows 7 Engineering Blog, Steven Sinofsky senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group made it clear that Microsoft will only ship one Beta of Windows 7 before releasing a Release Candidate (RC). Windows 7: Beta 1 Review 2/07/09, 18:05 GMT With the first beta of Windows 7 available to the general public to download, I will take you through an overview of Windows 7. Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Editions 2/03/09, 21:25 GMT Today Microsoft announced the SKU lineup of Windows 7, and while the company says it will focus mainly on two editions: Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional; Microsoft offers a total of six different Windows 7 versions. Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 1/27/09, 20:30 GMT Yesterday Microsoft announced the release of Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). This release is the first update sice the public Beta 2 release last August. Windows 7: Public Beta Available 1/08/09, 13:40 GMT At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the beta release of Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) to the public this week. Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Public Beta 12/13/08, 14:05 GMT Early this month Microsoft released a Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 via their Customer Preview Program (CPP). The beta was released in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Windows 7: Public Beta Soon 12/12/08, 20:15 GMT There have been several reports that indicate that a public beta of Windows 7 would be available in early January. What's more, according to several sources (ZDNet's Ed Bott, Internet News.com Andy Patrizio and last week WinInfo's Paul Thurrott) Windows 7 will ship this summer (a June 2009 shipping date is being mentioned) - way earlier than Microsoft has (so far) indicated. Windows 7: The new Taskbar 11/28/08, 19:00 GMT Microsoft did a lot of work on the new taskbar for Windows 7. They looked extensively how people where using their computers and started making improvements based on those observations. Windows 7 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 11/11/08, 09:25 GMT Frequently asked questions and general information about Windows 7 Microsoft Delivers Pre-Beta Release of Windows 7 at PDC Conference 10/30/08, 17:35 GMT Last Tuesday at its Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008), Microsoft shared the first full public demo of Windows 7 and also delivered a pre-beta build of Windows 7 to PDC attendees and announced plans to release a full Windows 7 beta early next year. more headlines...