Microsoft Set To Reveal Windows 7 Features Next Month

Microsoft said that it will publicly reveal details and "in-depth technical information" about Windows 7 to developers attending its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) set to take place from October 26-29 and at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) scheduled for November 5-7.

On Thursday Microsoft launched the new Windows 7 blog headed by Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan, senior engineering team leaders.

"With this blog we’re opening up a two-way discussion about how we are making Windows 7. Windows has all the challenges of every large scale software project—picking features, designing them, developing them, and delivering them with high quality. Windows has an added challenge of doing so for an extraordinarily diverse set of customers. As a team and as individuals on the team we continue to be humbled by this responsibility."

Microsoft has said it is aiming for the launch of Windows 7 for late 2009 or early 2010. The company first demonstrated Windows Seven and its new multi-touch technology, among other features, at the WSJ's D: All Things Digital conference in May.