enhancements in news
Vista SP2 on its way to make things beta
News The next update to Windows Vista will enter beta testing next week, bringing with it support for Blu-ray drives, among other enhancements. In a blog posting on Friday, Microsoft confirmed that a beta version of Windows... [27 Oct 2008]
Firefox 3.1 to jump on privacy bandwagon?
News Other enhancements planned for Firefox 3.1 include speed improvements in Javascript handling, the ability to drag and drop tabs between browser windows, and the addition of a video tag element that is part of the HTML 5... [16 Sep 2008]
Second Life sets techies on stability
News Other users, however, are expecting enhancements to the virtual world. Linden Lab has revealed its tech group is tackling several areas that it hopes will make the Second Life Grid - the platform which allows users to... [15 Sep 2008]
Latest Firefox alpha released by Mozilla
News The new software also adds some speed enhancements to the browser, particularly in the area of Javascript handling, which was one area Google highlighted as being a strength of the Chrome browser it launched this week,... [08 Sep 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News In the report the IPS explained the decision to drop EPA2 and revert to "more limited" enhancements to the existing ePassport system, saying it was striving for value for money. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS)... [02 Jul 2008]
LSE volumes boosted by trading system
News An upgrade took place in October to further improve performance and add new functionality, and other enhancements are planned over the next 12 months. Trading volumes at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) increased by more... [27 May 2008]
Mobile industry advise on handset security
News As well as looking at how to counter the threat from hackers seeking to exploit stolen, blocked mobiles by reprogramming their ID number, the documents detail enhancements to existing hardware security to ramp up virus... [22 May 2008]
Mozilla revamps Firefox 3 beta
News The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser was released Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced. The creator of the open source browser said the new beta includes... [11 Mar 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News Coming soon after the company's recent bid for Yahoo, Microsoft says these product enhancements will bridge the developer-to-designer workflow gap and help to build more interactive applications for the desktop, the web... [09 Mar 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News Roy Illsley, senior research analyst at Butler Group, told silicon.com: "They've listened to people and put into 2008 the enhancements that the system administrators and people like that actually want to see in an... [26 Feb 2008]
Network optimisation market speeds up
News Networking specialist Riverbed has announced it has developed enhancements around the new release of its operating system, which is called RiOS 5.0. Cisco could face a tougher battle when it comes to selling companies... [26 Feb 2008]
Microsoft issues Office 2007 SP1
News Office product manager, Reed Shaffner, posted on Microsoft's website: "These enhancements span the software applications and servers that home and office workers use each day and will make the 2007 Office system an even... [12 Dec 2007]
Microsoft unchains IE 7 for XP users
News We feel the security enhancements to Internet Explorer 7 are significant enough that it should be available as broadly as possible, and this means removing WGA validation. Microsoft is to allow users of Windows XP to... [09 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 'lacks wow factor', says Microsoft
News Most of the enhancements within SP1 are under the hood and for enterprise customers. McKiernan categorised other expected changes within Windows Vista SP1 as security enhancements, reliability... [04 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 coming early next year
News There are a few minor enhancements, most notably the ability to encrypt multiple hard drive partitions using Vista's BitLocker feature. After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details about its plans for... [30 Aug 2007]
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