Tag: beta
Windows Beta 8 Coming Soon: What to Expect
There were rumors that the beta of Microsoft Windows 8 would be coming early next year, most likely in February on the heals of CES. Microsoft has confirmed that timetable. Microsoft released what they called a developer preview earlier this year that showed off the new Metro User Interface that resembles it’s phone operating system. Instead [...]
OS X Lion Coming Wednesday at 8:30 am?
Will OS X Lion drop this week on Wednesday? One report says it will show up in the Mac App Store at 8:30 am Eastern Wednesday morning. Based on the stability of the latest Lion gold master, it looks to be ready for the average user with some exceptions. UPDATE: Apple just announced in their [...]
Chrome 11 Beta Available with Speech Input, GPU Acceleration and New Icon
Not long after finally releasing the stable version of Google Chrome 10, the search company issued the first public beta of their version 11 browser. It takes better advantage of HTML 5, the new standard that should make web sites more feature rich. One such addition is the ability for web developers to add speech [...]
Google Chrome 10 Launches: Speed, Security and Syncing Highlighted
Google just released their Chrome 10 browser which only hit beta three weeks ago. There are some nice updates, including an important one which won’t be seen by the eye. Chrome 10 Speed Improvements: As far as updates you can see, and feel, there is a nice jump in the speed of Chrome. Google says [...]
Apple’s Bid to End Optical OS Distribution Hits Snag
Apple is releasing a beta version of the next big update to their operating system dubbed OS X 10.7 Lion. The only way for developers to get it is through the Mac App Store, further showing that Apple means to kill of the optical disc, says Tech Crunch. The move started when the MacBook Air [...]
iOS 4.3 beta 3 Released to Developers with App Download Canceling
We’ve learned that Apple has released its latest beta version of the next iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad operating system, iOS 4.3, to developers. There are lots of new features including gestures for controlling multiple apps (see video demonstration at the end), a personal hotspot feature where the iPhone’s Internet connection can be shared with [...]
Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta Arrives with Sync, App Tabs and More
Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox 4, the company’s next iteration of the popular Firefox browser. The latest beta version of Firefox 4 includes improvements to startup speed, bookmarking and animation smoothing as well as delivering many new features that you won’t find in the existing Firefox 3 versions. In the Firefox 4 beta the tabs [...]
Skype for Mac 5.0 Beta with Group Video Calling
Skype just released a new beta for Mac users, Skype for Mac 5.0 Beta, which brings many new features to Skype on the Mac including group video chat and a few other new items. The beta is available as a free download and in addition to the group video conferencing, which allows more than 2 people [...]
Office 2010 Beta Expiration is Approaching
I received an email yesterday that the Office 2010 beta will expire on October 31st 2010. The Office 2010 beta is a pre-re25lease version of the software used for evaluation and testing prior to its final release. If you were one of the millions of persons who tried it and you are still running it, [...]
Microsoft Office 365 Brings Productivity Suit to the Cloud
Not to be outdone by Google’s Docs and other online collaboration tools, Microsoft announced today a new service called Office 365, a cloud service that puts Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online all exactly where the names suggest online. The benefit is that the varying services are always the latest release build of [...]
