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RSS betaOffice 2010: Beta launched
News Office 2010 beta is now publicly available for download, Microsoft announced yesterday. The beta allows businesses to start using the browser-based Office Web Apps. Office 2010 beta can... [19 Nov 2009]
Firefox 3.6 beta aims to improve stability
Mozilla released a third beta of Firefox 3.6 on Wednesday, adding stability and performance features, and said it hopes to lock down the code soon for its first release candidate. The new beta — for... [19 Nov 2009]
Office 2010 beta released to the public
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the beta of Office 2010 is now publicly available from the company's website. Among the features new to the beta is a social networking connector that allows users... [19 Nov 2009]
Bing sheds its beta skin in the UK
News Microsoft has announced the UK version of its search engine Bing has shed its beta tag today. Bing has shed its beta tag The UK localised version of its Google rival allows users to access UK-specific... [13 Nov 2009]
Is Virtualization a Black Hole in Your Security?: 5 Ways to Ensure It Isn't
White Paper The ease with which virtual computer image files can now be downloaded means there is a much higher risk of end users running unauthorized applications - from games to browsers to beta software - in a virtual... [12 Nov 2009]
Photos: Firefox through the ages
Photo Firefox 3.6 beta 1, released 30 October, 2009, embodies Mozilla's effort to release new versions of the browser more frequently. Mozilla is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Firefox 1.0, released 9 November, 2004. [10 Nov 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... [03 Nov 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... [03 Nov 2009]
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]
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]
