Windows 7 Steve Ballmer edition!
Ars Technica has reported about one of their readers who received a special edition Windows 7 kit from Microsoft.
This kit came with Windows 7 Ultimate with a box featuring the signatures of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer!
The box calls it the Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition.
Incidentally Microsoft had released a special [...]

Microsoft announces Windows Anytime Upgrade program for Windows 7
Microsoft had launched their Windows Anytime Upgrade program originally for Windows Vista. It was not a major success as the implementation was tedious.
The company has fixed most of the issues with Windows 7 and they have now revealed the details for the Windows Anytime Upgrade program [...]

Hewlett-Packard likely to support three Windows 7 editions on netbooks
US based personal computer maker Hewlett Packard has said that they are likely to offer three different variants of Windows 7 on their future netbook models.
Microsoft is expected to launch Windows 7 either later this year or early next year.
They have learned from the mistakes made [...]

Windows 7 Ultimate wont get Ultimate Extras
Microsoft has stated that they would not offer Ultimate Extras for the buyers of Windows 7 Ultimate edition.
The ultimate edition of Windows was launched with Vista.
Windows Vista Ultimate users got access to exclusive software products from Microsoft.
However, these utilities were far and few as [...]

Windows 7 to have six versions?
Engadget has reported that Windows 7 when it is released would have as many as six separate editions.
These versions are:
Windows 7 Starter,
Windows 7 Home Basic,
Windows 7 Home Premium,
Windows 7 Professional,
Windows 7 Enterprise,
Windows 7 Ultimate
This is pretty similar to the Windows Vista lineup.
Windows 7 Starter is aimed at [...]