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Windows 7: Release Candidate Review

5/12/09, 21:40 GMT

Last week Microsoft released Windows 7 Release Candidate to the general public to download & test.

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

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