PDC 2008: Yesterday was Windows Azure today it is Windows 7

Yesterday Microsoft unveiled its Cloud Computing platform Windows Azure at the PDC 2008 conference. Today the spotlight will be on the next Windows Operating System Windows 7.
Microsoft is not known for being very good at keeping things a secret and has indirectly revealed some of the new features of Windows 7 in the privacy statement they published on their site. See some of the new Windows 7 features listed we already reported about yesterday. The privacy statement details features like BitLocker, Device Stage, Gadgets application, Driver Protection, Dynamic Update, Games Folder, and more.
See the Windows 7 Pre-release (M3) Privacy Statement on the Microsoft site. Via IstartedSomething.

Today's PDC 2008 keynote starts streaming at 8:30am PCT. Watch it here.

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