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12 Jan 2009 12:20

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Tech: Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta saga goes on

  • Want the beta? Now’s the time. Microsoft formally apologized for the delays in getting the software released to customers in a smooth fashion. They will let an unlimited number of people download the Vista-killer in the next couple of weeks. The MS Web site has been incredibly slow since the Beta’s launch and the company was initially afraid it couldn’t handle the load.
  • This poor man has to do PR magic Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows communications manager, tried calming down the masses: “I know many of you had issues with the Windows 7 beta site of the last 24 hours,” he said. “As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some of you.” source
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10 Jan 2009 12:49

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Tech: Microsoft needs to give in to BitTorrent already

  • We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the Beta.
  • A Microsoft spokeswoman • on the delay in putting up the Windows 7 beta; apparently, they need more bandwidth to pull it off. • source
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08 Jan 2009 10:15

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Tech: If you didn’t gank it from The Pirate Bay already …

  • Windows 7 Beta, out Friday. Steve Ballmer announced the news at his less-notable keynote speech at CES yesterday. It may be an attempt to clear the veins of the company’s much maligned current version of Windows, Vista. Personally, as Mac fans, we thought they were universally maligned. source
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02 Jan 2009 15:01

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Tech: This guy’s a regular Walt Mossberg

  • I’m using this OS as I type. Looks like it’s OK to me, not too much different than Vista but a few new items.
  • The Pirate Bay user al966g • on a beta copy of Microsoft Windows 7.0 which washed ashore on the site this week • source
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