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Comment Sure, you get access to cutting-edge tech and some of the smartest engineers around but the nature of the business means you're often a beta guinea pig for all those new products and, of course, everyone in the company is an IT expert and thinks...
[01 Apr 2008]
Comment If you're going to install a major update (in beta to that fact) on a PC that has no backup DVD or CD then you are putting yourself at risk from losing your data. It confuses me that someone with the confidence and knowledge to install a beta of...
[21 Feb 2008]
Round-Up Anyway, they're all in beta. Schmidt: "All our products are in beta, guys. Brin: "But we're surfing the web 2.0 wave - perpetual beta - that's what it's all about, isn't it? Once again, after one too many cinnamon cappuccinos, the Round-Up is...
[08 Feb 2008]
Comment It was a beta it's now on general release, anyone and their dog can get it and install it. This is a beta of the service pack - while close to being the final version released to the world, it may yet change.
[17 Jan 2008]
Leader The Beeb's attempt at an on-demand, online TV service has been slammed for its lack of compatibility with non-Windows technology and for the varying performance of the beta version currently available for public testing.silicon.com Retail & Leisure
[31 Jul 2007]
Comment The most interesting announcement of the day was the release of a public beta of Apple's Safari browser for Windows XP and Vista. Others have already reported vulnerabilities with the beta, including a zero-day exploit.
[15 Jun 2007]
Comment Parallels, released just a few days after the public beta of Boot Camp, allows users to install a copy of Windows in a secure virtual machine alongside OS X and run Windows applications natively without having to reboot the computer.
[11 Jul 2006]
Comment Apple is currently calling the technology a public beta and adds that it neither has an interest in selling or supporting Windows. Enabling Windows XP to run on a Mac may be Steve Jobs' boldest move yet.
[12 Apr 2006]
Round-Up The company's first gambit was a press release on its website announcing the beta launch of an innovative new service - Google Romance. April Fool's Day has come and gone again and one technology company which pulled out all the stops to ensure...
[07 Apr 2006]
Comment As is the nature of beta software, nothing is set in stone; the look and functionality might change considerably. Windows Vista doesn't have official minimum system requirements yet but Microsoft has recommended at least 512MB of memory, a "modern...
[22 Mar 2006]
Comment These services, many of which are still in beta, span many areas and companies. There's been a boom in so-called web 2.0 companies and Google et al have been scooping up a raft of innovative start-ups but, while no one questions their creativity...
[14 Mar 2006]
Leader This week - with Google Talk and the new desktop search tool beta - the Silicon Valley search giant has made two more steps towards dominating our online experience, the true goal of the portal. Today's launch of Google's new IM and voice over IP...
[24 Aug 2005]
Round-Up Staying with everyone's favourite software behemoth, the company has come under both praise and fire this week following the long-awaited release of the first beta of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft, operating system giant and web standards laggard...
[09 Aug 2005]
Leader It may be early days but the Microsoft hype machine has already started to kick in around its next incarnation of Windows, now that Longhorn has a new, official name - Vista - and the first beta version is in the hands of developers.
[03 Aug 2005]
Comment The operating system has come a long way since the public beta was released in late 2000, when early adopters endured a dual-boot limbo due to a distinct lack of third-party apps written for the new OS.
[06 May 2005]
Comment There are software add-ons that give Skype voicemail (a feature Skype itself is now beta-testing) and integrate Skype with email programs such as Microsoft Outlook. The fact that one of the most popular add-ons is voicemail - a feature Skype is...
[18 Mar 2005]
Comment They have resurrected the x86 version and added several interesting features - containers, DTrace, and ZFS, for example - that are available today in beta versions of Solaris 10. When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of...
[21 Dec 2004]
Comment We won't put all 90,000 mailboxes on Exchange beta. We're testing at alpha stage and beta stage, so you are going to find issues. If anyone has a right to complain about buggy Microsoft products, it's Ron Markezich, the software maker's chief...
[15 Dec 2004]
Comment Plus, Skype relies on viral marketing - satisfied users recommending Skype to others - to drive downloads, a strategy that's gotten Skype over 14 million users since the public beta launch 15 months ago.
[10 Nov 2004]
Comment Just 15 months after the company launched the public beta version of its software, Skype boasts 14 million users and 37 million downloads of its software. Skype doesn't take its millions of users for granted, employing their suggestions to drive...
[05 Nov 2004]
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