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Windows 7 beta 1 makes early debut
News Leaked copies of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system have reportedly appeared on torrent trackers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Western Digital Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Beta, Microsoft Windows, News.com
Windows 7 beta upgrade won't be easy
News Microsoft says it wants people to go back to Vista and upgrade from that to the upcoming "release candidate" version, to help gather more user feedback.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, blog, blog posting, Web browsers
RHEL 5.4 beta arrives
News Red Hat releases a beta-test version of Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.4, the first version of the server OS to incorporate virtualization based on Qumranet's KVM.
Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Servers, Desktops, Ethernet, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Tool, Beta
Mozilla: Firefox 3.6 won't be late
News The first beta of Firefox 3.6 may have crossed the finish line weeks late, but Mozilla says the final version should still be done this year.
Tags: Web browsers, Open Source, Wiki, Web Browser, motivation, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, proprietary software
Moonlight 2.0 goes beta
News New test version of the Silverlight-on-Linux software incorporates Silverlight 2.0 as well as a few features from Silverlight 3.0.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Silverlight, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Web browser, Linux, blog, blog posting
Opera updates beta, but Unite still separate
News Opera 10 chugs along as the beta build is updated with mid-level interface and usability tweaks, but the Web-serving service Unite remains officially un-integrated.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Password, Web Server, Beta, Server, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6
News "Namoroka" beta brings performance improvements, Personas, and several abilities Web developers should notice. With it, Mozilla is trying to move faster.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Personas, Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., web technology, smartphone operating system, CSS, Nokia Corp., Ovi SDK, Ovi Navigation Player Application Programming Interface, SDK
Yahoo Messenger 10 beta: A legitimate Skype rival?
News Skype may find significant rival in Yahoo Messenger 10 beta for Windows, which places new emphasis on video calls, affording clear sound and video feeds.
Tags: Web 2.0, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Beta, photograph, Webcam, social networking, video call, Yahoo IM, VoIP
Microsoft announces Project 2010 beta
News Enhancements to the project-management application include improvements to the user interface based on the Office ribbon technology.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Project, Arizona, Beta, director of marketing, 64-bit, ZDNet, ActiveX, Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft lifts download limit for Windows 7 beta
News Acknowledging that its release of Windows 7 public beta "was not ideal", Microsoft suspends the software's 2.5 million download limit for a couple of weeks.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta, software, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Windows, News.com
New Chrome beta reflects bigger Google challenge
News Google has moved several features to its more beta version of Chrome. Next up: moving beyond the early adopters.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Page, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Video, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Beta, DNS, JavaScript
Mozilla says next Firefox likely months away
News Organization behind the open-source browser chose to add more features instead of shipping in early 2009. A final Firefox 3.5 looks to be two to three months away.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Open Source, Video, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, software, JavaScript
Second Firefox 3.1 beta due 'very shortly'
News One big change in the 3.1b2 is the addition of Web workers that lets the browser process tasks in the background, thus enabling multicore computers a better way to use their processors' abilities.
Tags: Web browsers, Domain names, Web sites, Apple Inc., Multi-core, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox
Skype gets SMS, file transfer for Windows Mobile
News Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 beta gets two big features from the desktop version: file transferring and SMS.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile, Pocket PC, SMS Feature, Microsoft Windows Mobile, 3G Network, Beta, Windows Mobile, phone
