Brian Keller,a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System has written a good review to install Windows 7 beta Virtual PC 2007 SP1.
Here is what the page reads-
If you have a spare test machine that supports the system requirements then I highly recommend installing the beta on your test machine. But if not, one way to mitigate the risks of using pre-release software is to use virtualization technology such as Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
Creating a Windows 7 Beta 1 virtual image (aka virtual machine) is fairly similar to the …

The Internet Explorer 8 team blog has posted about the IE8 in windows 7.Here is what it reads-
The Windows 7 Beta includes a beta of  Internet Explorer 8.  I say “a beta” because IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is a pre-release candidate build of IE:  it’s IE8 Beta 2 plus end user features that are only available on Windows 7 plus many fixes based on feedback we’ve gotten from IE8 Beta 2 usage.  This post is an overview of what you’ll find new in Windows 7’s Internet Explorer, as well …

Here is the compiled list of all the Windows 7 beta downloads available on the MS site.
Download Windows 7 beta here
 
Other Windows 7 beta downloads-
Windows 7 Walkthrough: AppLocker
Learn how you can realize the security, operational, and compliance benefits of application standardization by using AppLocker.
Windows 7 Walkthrough: Problem Steps Recorder
Explore the Problem Steps Recorder in the Windows 7 operating system.
Windows 7 Walkthrough: BitLocker and BitLocker to Go
Learn about enhanced BitLocker Drive Encryption functionality in Windows 7 and the and the new BitLocker To Go, which gives system administrators control over …

Finally after lot of buzz about the Windows 7 beta and it’s leak on different torrent sites , Steve Ballmer the CEO of Microsoft has announced the release of Windows 7 beta in the CES 2009 on 7th January 2009 as reported by us earlier here.
The release has been available on TechNet and MSDN and would be available for public beta later this week this is on 9th January 2009.The ISO file name available on technet is en_windows_7_beta_checked_build_dvd_x86_x15-29063.iso

The technet and MSDN subscribers can download the Windows 7 beta …

In a keynote address at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal communications services and applications.
“I’m thrilled to announce the availability of the Windows 7 beta, which is on track to deliver simplicity and reliability,” Ballmer said. “Windows 7 and Windows Live are part of an incredible pipeline of consumer technology that is making …

Just before the release of Official Windows 7 beta by Microsoft at CES 2009,the 64 bit version of Windows 7 has been leaked on the net,this time it’s the Russians indeed.The Russian website torrents.ru has posted the torrent containing the first leaked version of Windows 7 beta x64.
 
Here are the details of the leak-

File Name: 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Size: 3387009024 bytes (3.15 GB)
MD5: 773fc9cc60338c612af716a2a14f177d
SHA-1: E09FDBC1CB3A92CF6CC872040FDAF65553AB62A5
Year: 2008
Version: 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400
Developer: Microsoft
Platform: x64 (64-bit)
System requirements: CPU: 2.0GHz / RAM: 1GB / HDD: 50gb
Language: English
Description: *. ISO image of Windows …

  Still a few hours away for CES, it is known that Microsoft is going unveil the Windows 7 Beta at CES. But it is still unsure when would users be able to download it officially. Mary-Jo Foley reports that public betas of Windows 7 would hit this week along with the private beta. Now, there is some information available from this Microsoft blog: Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD – and that immediate upcoming MSDN Developer …

As we have already reported earlier about the Microsoft’s upgrade plan leak here ,tech ARP is reporting that the  Windows Vista PCs purchased by end users between July 1, 2009 through TBD (to be determined)” would qualify for the Windows 7 Tech Guarantee program.
The following are the specific upgrade paths:
Windows Vista  Home Premium -> Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows Vista Business -> Windows 7 Professional
Windows Vista Ultimate -> Windows 7 Ultimate
Just check our previous post mentioned above for detailed information about it

Microsoft will have a bunch of stuff to show at the Consumer Electronics Show, but a rumoured ZunePhone won’t be one of them, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. Instead, much of CEO Steve Ballmer’s focus will be on talking about Windows 7 from a consumer perspective. Microsoft is pushing to have Windows 7 done in time for the holiday 2009 shopping season, so that means this CES is Ballmer’s best stage to tout its benefits. While the desktop …

The following post continues our discussion of fundamentals with a focus on power management.  Power Management (or energy efficiency) is something that every contributor to the PC Ecosystem must always address—the energy efficiency of a running PC is limited by the weakest component.  In engineering Windows 7 we had an explicit focus on the energy usage patterns of the running system and will continue to work with hardware and software makers to realize the collective benefit of all of this work.  While we talk about the balancing of needs in …