Release Candidate
217 Stories
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
IE market share drops, Firefox gains
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer is continuing to lose market share to rival browsers Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome, according to new Web metrics.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Forecasting
Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7
News The analyst house has advised businesses to go straight from Windows XP to Windows 7, unless their Vista deployment plans are already significantly underway.
Tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., release candidate, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, analyst
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
Opera 10 nears final stages
News Norwegian company is nearing completion of the next version of its browser. It boasts better performance but doesn't feature a new JavaScript engine yet.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Google Chrome, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Apple Safari, Opera Software, desktop, Web
Windows 7 XP Mode enters RC
News XP Mode, the Windows 7 add-on that will allow users with the proper hardware to run virtual version of Windows XP within Windows 7, has entered Release Candidate status.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, antivirus, release candidate, Microsoft Windows XP, productivity application, Microsoft Windows
Google releases Donut code, denies multitouch
News Latest version of the Android mobile OS does not have multitouch support, according to a Google developer.
Tags: Mobile applications, Code, Google Inc., Developer, release candidate, mobile operating system, Google Android, Apple iPhone, blog, CDMA
Free Windows 7 won't last forever
News Reminder to those wanting to try out free release candidate of Windows 7 that it will end Aug. 15. Also, life will start getting annoying for those still using the Windows 7 beta.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows ME, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Web
Testers get near-final Vista SP2
News Microsoft has started private testing of a "release candidate" version of Vista Service Pack 2. The final version is due out by June.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Service Pack 2, release candidate, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, public beta
Windows 7 Release Candidate debuts early
News The software, expected to be released broadly on Tuesday, arrives just ahead of that time on Microsoft's Web site.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, Microsoft TechNet, release candidate, Microsoft Developer Network, software, Microsoft Windows
Windows 7 to launch October 22
News Microsoft confirms the launch date of its newest version of Windows, saying it will have code finalized by the middle or end of next month.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Windows Vista, Software, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, operating system, computer, Software
Pirated Windows 7 RC builds botnet
News A Trojan horse embedded in a pirated version of the latest Windows OS has already created tens of thousands of bots, according to security researchers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Bot, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, release candidate, software
First Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate unveiled
News The Ubuntu project has published a final testing version for the upcoming 9.04 version of its popular Linux distribution.
Tags: Open source, Acer Inc., Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04, Server, release candidate, Amazon.com Inc., ASUS, software, Dell Computer Corp.
Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw
News Like its predecessors, Windows 7 contains a Windows Explorer feature that can be exploited by virus writers, says security firm F-Secure.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC security, Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., F-Secure Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Microsoft Windows Explorer, release candidate
Time for Microsoft to fess up on Windows 7 date
News Redmond made the release candidate publicly available Tuesday, but it still won't commit to a 2009 launch--even though it's tipped its hand that way.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Bloomberg L.P., Microsoft Windows 7, release candidate, Miami, Microsoft Windows
