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LAS VEGAS -- With no secret code names, no letter smash-ups, Microsoft(MSFT Quote) is just about set to unveil Windows 7. After Vista, which could have been codenamed "Piñata," CEO Steve Ballmer is surely hoping it is a lucky number for the software giant.
In the keynote address for the Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas, Ballmer told a crowd that waited more than two hours in line that a nearly final "beta" test version of Windows 7 will be available Friday for regular PC users to download and tinker with. If you try it, please email me at alix.steel@thestreet.com, and we'll do an unscientific survey of your results.
Ballmer also pledged that Windows 7 will boot faster and drain laptop batteries more slowly. ...
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