Microsoft sent to a select group of testers on December 16 invitations to participate in Windows 7 Beta 1. Individuals who received the invites are considered "tech beta testers." Here is part of ...

Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday. The first beta version of the successor to Windows ...

Microsoft will likely showcase Windows 7 in the next couple of months at a pair of tech conferences, offering developers an early look at code for hands-on work, analyst Michael Cherry said today.

— -- Microsoft Windows 7 beta is available once again for public download. Microsoft was forced yesterday to halt the download availability of Windows 7 beta code after a rush of Internet ...

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 ...

Over the weekend Microsoft resumed download availability of Windows 7 beta code. Originally Microsoft was going to limit the number of total downloads of its beta code to 2.5 million.

Fewer than 2.5 million copies of the beta have been downloaded since Microsoft launched the Windows 7 preview Jan. 10 Topics Spotlight: Managing modern risks ...

As regular readers know, I am now a Mac user. But I’m still a Windows user, too. Both are good operating systems, with their respective pros and cons. I move easily between the two. Lately ...

Despite having "more than enough beta testers and feedback," the Windows 7 team is extending the availability of the free preview download through Feb. 12, with two firm deadlines. Here's the ...

New downloads will be blocked today, but users who have started the download process have until Thursday to finish it Microsoft has shut off the Windows 7 beta spigot, but will allow users who ...

Microsoft Corp. on Saturday restarted its rollout of the Windows 7 beta, 24 hours after it aborted the launch because heavy demand had stalled its servers. As of noon PST, the company said that ...