MyDrivers.com reports that on December 10, Microsoft has released a report to all OEM partners on Windows 7 technical support for the draft plan,so that the OEM partners could give feedback regarding  this to the company by January 10 which would be the release date of the official program of the project.
The plan is designed to help Microsoft’s OEM partners who have been selling pre-installed Vista as a  brand, because many end users would be waiting for the release of Windows 7 and delay the purchase of a computer.The plan …

The Windows 7 site has been updated today by Microsoft and it shows the download link for Windows 7

As reported by us yesterday,that the Windows 7 would be releasing on 7th January,2009 it seems that the Microsoft are in a hurry to release the beta version of Windows 7 as soon as possible.According to the sources the the Windows 7 Beta was going to be released to the TAP users today,but the public link seems to say a different story.
We are keeping a look on the link and other sites …

With Windows 7, Microsoft releases a Windows-based environment that is more touch friendly and easier to use than ever before. The new platform creates challenges and opportunities for hardware and device manufacturers. This paper describes areas that enable you to build hardware that affords rich, immersive, and captivating experiences that make the next wave of Windows 7 applications not only unique, but fun!
This information applies for the following operating systems: Windows 7 Windows Touch
Included in this paper:
•Touch enhancements to your form factors and …

Intel is making available for testing its preproduction WDDM1.1 graphics driver, enabling the full Windows 7 experience. The driver is the result of an ongoing collaboration with Microsoft to provide OEMs and developers with drivers that deliver all of the required WDDM1.1 features for Windows 7. As a result of the collaboration, OEMs and beta users can stay in step with Windows 7 prereleases for smooth product development.
Source- Intel Press Release
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As a result of the serious security flaw that was found in all versions of Internet Explorer,Microsoft has today released the security update for IE 8 beta 2 in windows 7.
You can either download it via automatic update or could download it here-
Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Pre-Beta (KB960714)
Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Pre-Beta x64 Edition (KB960714)
Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Pre-Beta 64-bit Itanium Edition (KB960714)

ZDNet is reporting that MS has send the Windows 7 Beta 1 invites to the selected group of testers on 16th December,and these testers are called tech beta testers,
As we have already published Beta 1 would be the only beta and even their would be an only one RC version so Microsoft is going in it’s way to try to release the RTW version of Windows 7 as soon as possible.
Here is what the note that MS sent to the testers read-
“While (the Windows 7) beta will not be available …

Winfuture.de reports that the beta version of Windows 7 would be available within couple of days.The site further adds that the participants of the Technology adopters Program (TAP), the official beta version of Windows 7 would be available to them within a week probably before the Christmas.It’s being known that MS wants the RTW version of Vista’s successor i.e. Windows 7, after about three years after the general availability of the Windows Vista.
And also adding to the news the site reports that Microsoft has already started working on the …

Microsoft has updated the product page for Windows 7 Enterprise and contains a good summary of new features and scenarios for using Windows 7 for the company.
Some of the tools that would be available in Windows 7-
DirectAccess
Working outside the office is about to become a lot simpler. DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 enhances the productivity of mobile workers by connecting them seamlessly and more securely to their corporate network any time they have Internet access—without the need to VPN. When IT enables DirectAccess, the whole …

Finally Microsoft have integrated DirectX 11 in the latest version of Windows 7 build 6956,though their is not much support for the DirectX 11,we could hope that the graphic card manufacturers could come out with some good DirectX 11 graphics card before the release of Windows 7.
Here is the screenshot of the DirectX diagnostic tool-

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