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Microsoft steps up cloud momentum
News At developer conference, Redmond announces production availability of Windows Azure and unveils new services running on its cloud platform.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Ray Ozzie, Conference, Muglia, Windows Identity Foundation, Microsoft Corp., network, Developer
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
Google brings Chrome beta to Mac, Linux
News Search giant issues the first beta versions of its browser for Mac OS X and Linux. Maturity could spread adoption, and the stable version is due in a month.
Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Google Inc., Web Page, Chrome 4.0, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Beta, Mozilla Firefox
Opera releases Mini browser beta for Android
News Google's phone operating system gets a new browser choice as Opera begins the upgrade process for its lower-end mobile browser.
Tags: Browser, iPhone OS, Google Android, PalmOS, Opera Software ASA, Mini, operating system, mobile, iPhone OS, Web Page
Opera Mobile 10 beta now browsing Windows phones
News Opera releases most recent mobile browser--complete with Speed Dial and new tabbed browsing design--for Windows Mobile phones.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, Browser, Windows Mobile, Opera Software ASA, Symbian Inc., Phone, Java Phone, Web Browser, mobile
Security software maker Vitamin D exits beta
News The software, created by three former Palm executives, lets people use an ordinary Webcam as a security system using artificial intelligence technology.
Tags: Security Management, Security applications/tools, Business security, Vitamin, Palm Inc., Security, software, Video, Apple Macintosh, Beta
Firefox-syncing Weave updates to beta
News Mozilla's homegrown tool for synchronizing Firefox across computers and devices graduates to beta and introduces incremental syncing and a more streamlined, less obtrusive experience.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Computer, Web Browser, Tool, Web sites, On-demand, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Beta
Opera Mini and Mobile betas bestowed with sync
News Opera Mini 5 beta, for Java phones, and nearly-identical Opera Mobile 10 beta, for Symbian and Windows Mobile, get an update that includes both Opera Link and download manager.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Opera Software ASA, RIM BlackBerry, Phone, download manager, Java Phone, Opera browser, desktop browser, Web Browser
Microsoft Bing Maps Beta adds much richer images
News New enhancements for Bing Maps include a Silverlight-powered Web application that brings very detailed satellite and street-level imagery to Bing, along with other tweaks.
Tags: Search, Facebook, Microsoft Silverlight, Imagery, Twitter Inc., Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft Corp., partnership, Web Application, Beta
Latest Firefox beta offers file-handling feature
News The File interface, a draft standard, is designed to give browsers better uploads. Firefox 3.6 beta 4 supports the technology.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, network, W3C, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Beta, Mozilla Firefox, API
Developers get beta SDK for Atom
News Test software-building kit for the Atom Developer Program is part of chipmaker's push to build a network of app stores.
Tags: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Software engineering/development, Intel Corp., netbook environment, Software Developer Kit, software, Developer, SDK, Beta
New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, performance
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, Beta, Server, Web Server, Microsoft Windows, Linux
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, Open Source, Web Browser, Video, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, software, JavaScript
