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RSS beta releasedJava Application Platform SDK: Overview
White Paper This version also introduces a new runtime component, Portlet Container 1.0 Beta, to provide capability to develop and test Java portlets. Sun Microsystems recently released the Java Application Platform... [01 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 beta sent to 12,000 testers
News Microsoft has released a beta version of the first service pack of Windows Vista to about 12,000 testers. Originally slated to be released this year, Microsoft has delayed the release of... [25 Sep 2007]
Vista sales failing to sparkle
News Microsoft is starting beta testing of its first service pack for Windows Vista, though that update won't be released in final form until next year. Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to... [12 Sep 2007]
Java Application Platform SDK: Overview
This version also introduces a new runtime component, Portlet Container 1.0 Beta, to provide capability to develop and test Java portlets. Sun Microsystems recently released the Java Application Platform... [11 Sep 2007]
16,000 back iPlayer petition
News A beta version of iPlayer was released for public testing on 27 July but the service is currently only available to Windows XP users. More than 16,000 people have now signed an e-petition protesting... [20 Aug 2007]
Microsoft rolls out Vista patches
News Microsoft also confirmed that pre-beta code for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 had been distributed to testers. Microsoft has released two updates for Windows Vista. One update deals with the performance and... [10 Aug 2007]
iPhone gets first update
News Finally, Apple also released a new version of Safari 3.0, which is still in beta. Apple has issued a score of security updates for Macs and also the first update for its iPhone mobile device. Dozens of... [01 Aug 2007]
BBC iPlayer has landed
News The beta version of the service is available for Windows XP users, less than three months after the service received the green light from the corporation's independent governing body, the BBC Trust.silicon.com Retail &... [27 Jul 2007]
Bugs found in Apple's Safari for Windows
News The first bugs have already been found in the beta version of Safari for Windows, a port of Apple's web browser, less than a day after its release. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the beta release during... [13 Jun 2007]
Windows Server 2008: Virtualisation is the key
News The first public beta version of Longhorn was recently made available, with 100,000 downloads made since the end of April. According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 will initially include a beta... [12 Jun 2007]
Adobe gets AIR-headed over web apps
News Adobe Systems is set to release a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo that makes web-native applications operate like desktop programs. Adobe also plans to release the beta of... [11 Jun 2007]
Microsoft to expand document formats
News The software behemoth is also expected to make available beta versions of previously announced translators between Excel and PowerPoint and corresponding applications that support the OpenDocument Format, or ODF. [21 May 2007]
Longhorn Server test to go public
News The first two beta versions and other community technology preview versions have been released only to select testers, which includes some of Microsoft's early adopter customers, developers and internal... [26 Apr 2007]
Online services? SME too, says Symantec
News During the beta, Symantec will offer 25GB of free storage space. The online back-up service is available to a limited number of testers but is scheduled to be released in final form by mid summer,... [17 Apr 2007]
Microsoft puts brakes on Viridian
News Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian. A public beta version of Viridian - formally called Windows... [13 Apr 2007]
