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RSS beta released 1IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8 on Wednesday. The user interface hasn't changed much since Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, except to add a Security pull-down menu between Page and Tools on the main toolbar. [28 Aug 2008]
Internet Explorer 8 - websites warned to prep for problems
News Microsoft released a first beta of IE8 in March. Although Beta 2 of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 isn't due out until some time in August, Microsoft is cautioning website owners that they need to be prepping now for possible problems the new, more... [13 Jun 2008]
Managing Public Folders With Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta
White Paper This paper takes an early look at the new Public Folder Management console, which is included in the new Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta, which was recently released to TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers. [23 Apr 2008]
IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups
News IBM's Expeditor news came at the same time as the announcement by US telecoms provider Sprint that it is providing a beta version of a software platform named Titan, based on IBM Lotus Expeditor software. [26 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... HMRC search costs, Vista SP1 moans and fingerprints for visas…
Comment This is a beta of the service pack - while close to being the final version released to the world, it may yet change. It was a beta it's now on general release, anyone and their dog can get it and install it. [17 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News Auntie's on-demand TV service was released for public download in July in beta form. It hasn't exactly been a bumper year for conventional retail - soaring debt, an increasingly depressed housing market and a weak dollar all contributed to less... [19 Dec 2007]
Mozilla releases Firefox 3 beta
News A few months later than planned, Mozilla has released the first beta version of an overhauled Firefox, the widely used open source web browser. Firefox 3 beta 1 includes a number of significant features Mozilla said should improve security, ease of... [21 Nov 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 reliability of Vista, while the other deals with... [10 Aug 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 Server virtualisation - was set for release... [13 Apr 2007]
AP tarts up its online video platform
News The new platform, developed by Microsoft's MSN, is currently in beta and will be released in about 30 days, both companies have confirmed. About two months after the new platform is released, local affiliates will also be given tools to sell ads... [08 Mar 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista
Cheat Sheet And some Vista beta testers have commented there are more similarities than differences to XP. Not surprisingly Microsoft believes there are plenty of compelling reasons for home users and businesses to upgrade to Vista and claims it will be the... [28 Nov 2006]
XML DataTypes in SQL Server Yukon
White Paper This paper provides some elementary information about the new datatype in the latest release of SQL Server called Yukon beta 1. When SQL server 2000 was released it had a lot of features that supported XML and the Internet paradigm. [22 Nov 2006]
Redmond refreshes Longhorn Server build
News Microsoft has released a refresh to Longhorn Server Beta 2, which appeared in May, offering bugfixes and improvements in performance and reliability, according to the company. Microsoft released Beta 2 versions of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server... [14 Sep 2006]
Microsoft issues near-final Vista build
News In his note, which was also posted to the Windows Vista Team blog, Allchin said there are "a lot of improvements since Beta 2", which was released in May. The last broadly available test version, Beta 2, was released in May. [04 Sep 2006]
IE 7 'close to final release'
News Microsoft released the third beta version of the software in June. As the company has with recent beta versions, the near-final Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version is being made available for free download, though users are required to confirm they... [25 Aug 2006]
