Image Gallery: Windows 7 -- A closer look at your next OS?

Pre-beta Windows 7 addresses many Vista complaints -- and introduces a slew of changes

By: Yardena Arar and Harry McCracken, PC World

8. Federated search scans networked PCs

The new Federated Search feature collates results from multiple PCs on a network into one list of results.

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