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Beta 2 of Vista SP2 now available to anyone

Beta 2 of Vista SP2 now available to anyoneas usual, no beefSeriously mary joe, if it was released today, you think you could provide some details, or is that not your roll? just report something happened, don't tell anyone anything they can use...sounds easy.RE: Beta 2 of Vista SP2 now...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Service Pack 2, Vista SP2, Beta 2, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

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

Additional Resources

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Chrome 4.0 gets beta release

Just an observation -Google now joins those other browsers that seem to "borrow" some would say nick features of Opera, yet Opera remains, with a small seemingly never growing following. The addition of speed will end soon, as gains like this always meet their limits. When all of the...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Opera Software ASA, Chrome, Chrome 4.0, beta release, Web browser, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-11-03

uTorrent 2.0 beta 16850 (Windows)

uTorrent is a powerful and efficient BitTorrent client. Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in uTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading, and Mainline DHT. Additionally, uTorrent supports the protocol encryption joint specification and peer exchange. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable...

Tags: BitTorrent, Beta, µTorrent, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Mozilla goes back to the beta with Firefox 3.6

Oh bother. Does this mean Firefox 3.5 is buggy and insecure?Having used Firefox since 0.6 I find 3.5 to be one of the less stable versions. I hope that they get the bugs out for 3.6.3 things this version must have or it may fall too far behind1. SELinux/AppArmor...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Firefox 3.6, beta, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-02