Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently made an announcement that they have sold 350 million Windows 7 licenses within the last 18 months. Microsoft does not specifically break down the numbers based on licenses preinstalled on PCs, volume licensees, or sold as upgrades. [ZDNet]

The names, specifications, and release dates of Dell’s newest tablets running on Windows and Android have been leaked by AndroidCentral.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) has announced that they plan on building a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet later this year. It will be make for commercial and enterprise markets. Below is the press release:

You may not know it, but the search box in the Windows 7 Start Menu has the ability to search the Internet. To get it going, you will need to change a setting in the Windows’ Local Group Policy Editor. This tool is not available in the Home version of Windows 7.

Microsoft Corporation recently announced their second quarter earnings. They posted a $6.63 billion profit on revenues of $19.95 billion. This is very comparable to their earnings from last year. The company sold about 300 million licenses of Windows 7 and they saw a strong increase in their entertainment division.

Yesterday at the CES conference, ASUS showcased four new tablet devices. Three of them have Android on it and the other has Windows 7. You will know which one runs on Windows 7 when you see the prices:

ExoPC, the 11.6-inch Windows 7 tablet, is now available for pre-order at the Microsoft store. At a price of $699, the 0.5-inch slate comes with 64GB of flash storage and an Intel N450 processor. The tablet also has 2GB of RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, and ExoPC user interface. You can pre-order it from the Microsoft Store online too. [Microsoft Store via Engadget]

Acer Inc. had a global press event in New York earlier today. At the event, the company announced a new Windows 7-based dual-screen laptop / tablet called the Iconia. The Iconia has a pair of glossy touchscreens. There is no physical keyboard on the Iconia, but there is a virtual keyboard. This computer comes with the new Clear.fi media sharing system. Below are the specifications: