Microsoft’s marketing department has been putting in some overtime this month, it seems.
The company has taken a bizarre approach to promoting Windows 7 in Japan. Burger King locations there have launched the “Windows 7 Whopper”.
To match the software theme, the Windows 7 Whopper features seven patties stacked in a Whopper bun and measures 5.1 [...]

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Microsoft has announced pricing for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and the best deal you’ll find is $49.99 if you pre-order Windows 7 from Microsoft.
The company announced today that pre-orders will begin on Friday and run through July 11.
On Friday, Microsoft will also launch its Windows 7 Upgrade Program, through which it [...]

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A leaked Best Buy memo outlining how the chain will handle Windows 7 upgrades has seemingly given Microsoft an indirect slap in the face.
The note starts out like this:
“Microsoft is launching Windows 7 in mid-October 2009. This new operating system isn’t just a ‘Vista that works’ program – it’s a new operating system with improved [...]

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Word is beginning to leak about what the new Windows 7 logo will look like.
CAUTION: Looking directly into the logo may damage your retina irreversibly.  Well, not really, but it’s pretty bright.
This comes from various reliable sources, so this is probably legit.  Still, I’ve got to wonder if the product will come with its own [...]

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According to a computer industry exec, Microsoft could be ready to start shipping its Windows 7 operating system as early as the third quarter, months before their initial prediction.
“According to current planning, it should be late September or early October,” said Ray Chen, president of Compal Electronics Inc.，the company that makes laptops for Hewlett Packard [...]

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Here they come, ALL of them…

Windows 7 Starter Edition
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise (Beam me up, Scottie)
Windows 7 Ultimate

Why do I feel like I’m looking at a Coke display?
Hmm, there’s Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke, Cherry Coke Zero, Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Coke Zero, Diet Coke [...]

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It looks like Microsoft really screwed up.  After promising to give away free downloads of Windows 7 Beta, the demand woud up being SO huge that their servers couldn’t handle the load, resulting in a PR disaster.
Well, fear not. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc writes on the Windows 7 blog:
Due to an enormous surge [...]

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It looks as though Microsoft will give away 2.5 million downloadable copies of it Windows 7 beta release…for free.
The latest operating system from Microsoft was leaked online last year. It has been a very popular download on many P2P sites like BitTorrent.
There are one or two conditions, however. The biggest is that [...]

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