Microsoft delays Windows 7 beta download

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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp CEO announces the release of the Windows 7 operating system as he delivers the pre-show keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009.

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LAS VEGAS | Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:32am GMT

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday it has paused offering downloads of the public test version of its new version of Windows due to "high demand."

The "beta" launch of the highly anticipated update to Microsoft's Windows franchise began early on Friday, but the company had to halt downloads to add more servers.

"We are adding servers as fast as we can add them," a Microsoft spokesman said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

He declined to say when Windows 7 downloads would resume.

Microsoft said at CES on Wednesday it would let consumers test the next generation of its computer operating system starting Friday.

Microsoft, the world's biggest maker of software, has said Windows 7 will incorporate touch screen technology and allow users to more easily personalize the system. It promised more user-friendly features, such as a new taskbar that previews all open windows from a single application by hovering over the program's icon.
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