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Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2: Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2Microsoft Press ReleaseOnly the other week Ed ran a story about how shoddy some people are running stories based on software companies press releases/marketing documents. Oh and that companies selling security software try and scare the market about the need for...; Tags: Web browsers, IE8 security, beta, Microsoft Corp., Beta 2, notch, security, Web; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft shares more IE8 security details: When Microsoft officials released a first test build of Internet Explorer IE 8 back in March, they said they were intentionally refraining from talking specifics about new security features and functionality that would be part of the next browser release. In the past few weeks, however, Microsoft...; Tags: Security, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Beta 2, Web Browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08
First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 2: I'm keeping a close eye on the latest Firefox betas to be released by Mozilla. The reason is that if past performance issues have been fixed, it's quite likely that I might consider making a switch to it as my main browser. While I find Internet Explorer 7 to be...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Beta 2, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Visual Studio 2008 to go gold as soon as Monday: Visual Studio 2008 to go gold as soon as MondayLet seeThere are great features coming with VS2008. Let's just hope it will be stable enough. Hard to make a decision. How many of us can actually continue their work aacording to their current plans for the next 6 month (or...; Tags: Microsoft development tools, development tool, server, RTM bit, Beta 2, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-18
February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch: February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launchYour source is wrong. VS 2008 beta 2 isalready available. http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/a/f2ac411f-acf9-42a7-a84f-3efc409bcd6b/VSTS_SelfExtractingJuneCTP.mhtIs this a good idea?Looking at what happened when they did this last time with .NET 2.0, SQL 2005, and VS 2005 - they ended up with huge delays, tons of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, CTP, June CTP, Beta 2, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Vista, Office 2007 beta updates: The week, Microsoft made new versions of Windows Vista and Office 2007 widely available.If you didn't sign up for the Windows Vista Beta 2 Customer Preview Program, you have another chance. Microsoft has now reopened registration for Vista Release Candidate 1. Details are here. The short version:It's available in English,...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2006-09-15
Triple beta 2 day for Microsoft at WinHEC: Triple beta 2 day for Microsoft at WinHECReal Power of VirtualizationSomething that really caught my eye was the ability to add system resources to an OS on the fly. That would be impressive when considering some of the more intensive apps. A Database could quickly asborb that extra...; Tags: Microsoft Outlook, job, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Beta 2, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2006-05-24
Windows Vista Beta 2? Pass the Maalox, please: In about two weeks, Beta 2 of Windows Vista will be officially released to the public. And when it does, Microsoft will officially enter uncharted territory.The last time the hoi polloi were allowed to tinker with an unfinished version of Windows was March of 2001. That, as it turned out,...; Tags: Dwight Silverman, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2006-05-10
Back to the virtual driver future (aka: What's with all the reboots?): There are probably a lot of you youngsters out there that don't remember one small important step for mankind that Windows took around the time that Intel's 80386 started to dominate the market. Compared to it's 16-bit predecessor (the 80286), the 32-bit "386" enabled a breakthrough known as virtual...; Tags: Beta 2; Blog posts 2006-04-11
Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 - first thoughts: Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 - first thoughtsGeneral StabilityI dunno about the last couple comments. Beta 2 seems to be quite a bit more stable then it's predecessor. In fact I've had not one issue with it since installation yesterday which I also had no problem. Now if they...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Beta 2; Discussion threads 2006-03-21
Office 2007 in October?: I’m a little surprised at the lack of reaction to this BusinessWeek Online report from last Thursday, which claims that Office 2007 is going to arrive later than expected: Internal plans had called for Microsoft to finish development on the software by August. … Yet company sources say development delays...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Beta 2; Blog posts 2006-02-21
Full-text of Microsoft's Sept CTP (PDC Build 5219) Fact Sheet: I asked Microsoft if I could republish the fact sheet that it provided in conjunction with the Community Technology Preview release (Vista build 5219) that was handed out at the Professional Developers Conference PDC in LA. They agreed. The Word-compatible DOC file can be downloaded from Microsoft's...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2005-09-15

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Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up: [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser is beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...; Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-09-05
NetSuite moves early to support Chrome: NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....; Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05
IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox: The plug-ins, the add-ons, the "download and use with" programs. So many people have been on about the "porn mode" InPrivate feature, the coloured tabs and the accelerator features, but what seems to be missing from the blogosphere is the entire gallery of additional software for the product. ...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking: Google's recent release of their "Chrome" browser beta was, I think, driven by their perception that the disruption IE8 is about to create in the marketplace spells opportunity for Google. It's nice to see competition at work, but their entire strategy is, I think, reactive rather than proactive and not...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Windows Vista, IE8, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Channel Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Who wins with Google Chrome: Who wins with Google ChromeChrome adds a lot. By about any measure, Chrome will be way ahead of IE8.If there was nothing new here, there would be no excitement.Chrome Adds Nothing NewAt this point in time, Chrome adds effectively nothing new. It's little more than a late attempt to...; Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, FF 3.1, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Microsoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-end: Microsoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-endMicrosoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-endIf Google wasn't already crapping their pants about IE8 and the web then this should give them more than enough reason to fill their shorts. A final product that is released, not some...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Word, Word processors, Channel management, Microsoft Office, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Google Docs Competitor, Google Inc., Google Docs; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...; Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Microsoft's Google Docs competitor to go final by year-end: Microsoft is preparing to move Office Live Workspace, the online storage/collaboration service adjunct to Office, from beta to final before the end of this year. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Collaboration, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-09-03