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Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment Not only were alpha versions provided to hyper-techies but beta versions were made available to anyone who wanted them - and this has meant that Windows 7 has been pretty exhaustively tested in a large number of situations. [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet A beta version was made available for download on 10 January and Microsoft even extended the deadline for testers to get their hands on it due to popular demand. I remember that - didn't it come after Windows 6? [20 Oct 2009]
Get Ready for Windows 7
White Paper It's important to note that there will be some low-level application exceptions, such as client security, imaging, firewall, and networking, but the beta of Windows 7 shows significant promise. The best way to prepare... [14 Oct 2009]
Exchange Server 2007: What To Expect
White Paper Microsoft recently released a public preview of Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 (previously called Exchange 12) in June 2006 and is shooting for a general availability date of late 2006 or early 2007. This paper will... [01 Oct 2009]
Discover Windows 7 for only $99!
White Paper This course introduces the new features in Windows 7 Beta that provide increased user productivity, improved security and control, streamlined PC management, and desktop optimization. It also contains three labs designed... [01 Oct 2009]
Google Wave greets conferencing with help from Ribbit
News It's becoming clear that Google Wave, which is slowly emerging from closed beta, has the potential to be much more than a text-messaging platform. As the telecommunications platform company Ribbit shows - as does a... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: Inside Big Blue's big green datacentre
Photo The centre is beta testing an upcoming version of its Tivoli monitoring software, which can take the data and allow workers to manage energy required to cool and run the datacentre. A typical scene from your average... [22 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome
Cheat Sheet There were further tweaks for the beta version in August with new themes, a revamped new-tab page and support for HTML 5 video. In December 2008 Chrome shook off its beta tag with a raft of updates... [22 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's free antivirus coming in weeks
News Public beta testing of Security Essentials started in June, with Microsoft reaching its goal of 75,000 testers just one day after it issued a call for them. Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free... [22 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's web-based Office: First taster goes live
News The current technology preview will be made available to tens of thousands of users, with a broader beta planned for later this fall. However, Microsoft would not commit to offering editing abilities for Word by the... [18 Sep 2009]
Norton 2010: Gunning for mutating malware
News Norton Internet Security 2010 beta (screenshot: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) Symantec is betting heavily that program behaviour is the future battlefront of security and is making a big push in its 2010 security program lineup... [09 Sep 2009]
Silverlight 4: Microsoft casts light on next version of Adobe Flash rival
News The technology has already been used in beta form since May to offer coverage of events such as the French Open tennis tournament, the Tour de France cycling event, and the Michael Jackson memorial. Ahead of a... [09 Sep 2009]
Firefox for phones: Alpha 3 lands on Windows Mobile
News As with Fennec 1.0 beta 3 for the Maemo platform found on some Nokia internet tablets, Fennec for Windows Mobile makes changes to the mobile browser's theme, and its scrolling and panning performance. [07 Sep 2009]
Oracle X Factor: HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine
White Paper This paper includes some high-level facts about the products as announced, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) relationship between Oracle and HP, and early support site customer claims about beta testing results. [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft: First 'Windows Phones' arriving next month
News Microsoft will also formally launch its free My Phone service, which has been in beta. Microsoft is hoping that a new crop of phones this autumn will help the company in its quest to stay relevant in the mobile phone... [01 Sep 2009]
