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 …

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 …

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 …

winfuture.de , a german website reports that it has learnt from it sources that the Windows 7 beta would be available to the public on January 7 the next year,though the beta version would be available to the TAP partners from tomorrow itself.
The beta version would start from the 7K series and the build would be 7000.0.081212-1400,and adding to it,the build would be available in many other languages too.
The site also says that it has unconfirmed news that the Windows 7 would be available on preconfigured computers from November …