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 …

The Chinese technet site has now started showing signs that the Windows 7 is coming pretty soon.The Windows 7 has been listed in the Released in the near future to download list and has also been listed in the Windows Operating systems list on the same page.
Here is what the google translation reads about the Windows 7 on the technet site
Windows 7 to explore ways to help IT organizations to better manage and protect client infrastructure, and learn more about IT professionals can increase productivity of important new features. Exploration …

As Windows 7 Beta Build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 has already been leaked on various torrent sites and forums,Microsoft is getting ready to make it available to the TechNet and the MSDN subscribers.
This leaked beta version of Windows 7 has links pointing to the following  TechNet and MSDN pages
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/details/default.aspx?pm=p:350 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/downloads/details/default.aspx?pm=p:350
However the links are no more live.Still thanks to the Google and Windows Live Search the cache of these pages are still available.

 
A message from the cached page reads as-
 You must be signed in to Windows Live ID to access product keys and …

  The First and probably the only beta version of Windows 7 that was released to the selected group of testers,the previous weak has been leaked on the net.The build version of the leak is 7000.0.081212-1400.The release has been made available on many different torrent sites.Probably again it was the chinese site bbs.pcbeta.com which leaked this version and now it is available on different forums for download.The torrent is available as an ISO file contrary to the previous leak build 6956 which was available as the VHD file.The torrent  states …

The microsoft partners have received the latest version of Windows 7 beta 1 probably the one and the only beta of Windows 7 while the public release of Windows 7 is expected to be in the first week of january.
The images of the Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, as reported earlier as 7000.0.081212-1400 build shows not much change in the images shown in PDC 2008 which was reported to be Build 6936 and that of the Build 6956 which was leaked during the WinHEC 2008 in Beijing.
Microsoft specially has worked …