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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]
Windows 7: Beta 1 Review
White Paper This paper speaks that with the first beta of Windows 7 available to the general public to download, it will take through an overview of Windows 7. While this beta build has only been available for... [31 Jul 2009]
Internet Explorer 8: Beta to be launched
News The website ActiveWin has published the contents of a beta invitation that said Microsoft is nearing a launch date for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, which will be available for download and testing.... [26 Feb 2008]
Beta Web workers coming soon to Firefox 3.1
News The second beta version of Firefox 3.1 is "due out very shortly", Mozilla programmer Ben Turner said Thursday. In a post on the Mozilla Add-ons Blog, Paul Rouget said: "Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 will likely be... [05 Dec 2008]
Windows Vista: Beta due today
News The Beta 1 version of Windows Vista isn't expected to have the look and feel of the final operating system. The company also promised that a long-anticipated beta version would ship by 3 August.... [27 Jul 2005]
Microsoft security tools: Beta late than never
News Microsoft announced its plans for OneCare in May, and last month it invited people to register for the first beta release of the tools. During the next few weeks, the beta pool will be expanded to... [21 Jul 2005]
Windows Live Search beta primed for take off
News Microsoft is set to launch the beta version of its new Windows Live Search page, which uses the same behind-the-scenes technology as MSN Search but will eventually become the company's sole search offering. [08 Mar 2006]
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... [21 Nov 2007]
Microsoft rolls out XP SP3 test beta
News Last week Microsoft released an updated test version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to about 15,000 beta testers. The update, the third such service pack for the six-year-old OS, is due out in final form in the first half... [20 Nov 2007]
Windows Vista: Wait for beta 2 to start testing
News Companies should check out the new functionality in the first beta of Windows Vista - but most can leave serious testing until the second beta, according to analyst group Gartner. Last week Microsoft... [27 Jul 2005]
Google Apps grows up and ditches beta
News Google Apps have at last shed the beta tag. Matt Glotzbach, product management director for Google Enterprise, said the removal of the beta status means those products have all reached unspecified... [08 Jul 2009]
Vista SP1 beta sent to 12,000 testers
News Microsoft has released a beta version of the first service pack of Windows Vista to about 12,000 testers. Microsoft had said back in August it expected to start private testing of the service pack within a few weeks. [25 Sep 2007]
XP registration slammed by beta testers
News The software giant's plans to protect Windows and Office applications against piracy through compulsory registration has been criticised by beta testers as over-elaborate, and a waste of time. Microsoft tried to allay... [16 Feb 2001]
Microsoft unveils beta version of SQL Server 2000
News Microsoft has this week launched beta release 2 of its flagship database product SQL Server 2000. The beta version contains features aimed at ecommerce companies and established businesses making the... [25 Apr 2000]
Win2000 beta tester sees strength in language skills
News European businesses anxiously awaiting the arrival of Windows 2000 this week may be relieved to hear the positive experiences of one beta tester. The full report on Nomura's beta testing experiences is... [14 Feb 2000]
