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"Betas" just aren't betas anymore, now are they

Some in the blogosphere are jumping all over Google and its newly acquired GrandCentral Internet-based telephony service for not quite living up to their promise to give customers one number for life.Blogger Judi Sohn, one of the few that was treated in this manner, posts a note that she...

Tags: Beta Testing, Tester, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-20

Evur 0.75r (Mac)

Evur is a program which allows for perfect chat between various users. It is designed for forums, and in the future it will feature: HTML renderings for thread viewing, file transfer, plus many more features, and features beta testers request.Evur is being designed from the ground up to be the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Beta Testing, Graphate, Evur, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-09-21

shadowJPEG 1.0b1 (Mac)

shadowJPEG converts most graphical formats to JPEGs. It's unobtrusive and easy to use. Start beta testing now!

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Beta Testing, JPEG, stupidFish Programming, shadowJPEG, Development Tools, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-11-02

Additional Resources

Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

I've been testing out the Roku HD-XR and just this last weekend was sent some beta bits for their newly announced Roku Channel Store. The Roku Channel Store is available via a software update on all three Roku players, the Roku SD, Roku HD original, and Roku HD-XR. After the...

Tags: Cable Television, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Memory, Flash Memory, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

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

Billing system testing behind Microsoft's SQL Azure outage this week

Testers of Microsoft's SQL Azure service experienced a three-plus hour unplanned outage this week -- just a couple of weeks before Microsoft is set to remove the beta tag from its Azure cloud service. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Billing, SQL, Billing System, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-05

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

Trillian Astra 4.1 beta (Windows)

Trillian for Windows 4.1 Build 15 is now available for public beta testing. Trillian for Windows 4.1 features the following new improvements: Mail improvements, Windows 7 integration, better status control, powerful new Twitter and Facebook features. We've also worked on improving overall stability, fixing bugs, and reducing resource requirements whenever...

Tags: Beta, Trillian, Cerulean Studios, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-29

(Windows 7: the first wave of system reviews)

Well SaidI got mine a little while ago and I put Windows RTM x64 Ultimate on it for beta-testing throughout last year.I was very impressed with Toshiba and every year I would upgrade my laptops to the latest.This laptop is wonderful.

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Teradata unveils cloud strategy, answer for Oracle's Exadata machine

Data warehousing giant Teradata is outlining its cloud computing strategy including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services. In addition, Teradata is rolling out an appliance it claims will provide a big performance boost. The announcements, timed for Teradata's partner conference in...

Tags: Strategy, Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Performance Claim, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19

The single biggest reason why Windows 7 won't be another Vista

100% of Vista drivers have worked so farWhen something didn't have a Windows 7 driver, I used the Vista driver and it worked just fine.I agree 100% with your blog Ed, Windows 7 is being released into a totally different environment than Vista was released into.That, and I think people...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Study: Windows 7 can boot more slowly than Vista

Windows Boot UpWell you know I think that the average user understand the boot up scenario.the more crap you add to your PC the longer it will take to become usable.All of those little dormant services being energized.Hell a clean install of Windows 7 on a Dell 530s with 4...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

UPDATE: Hands-on with Evernote for the Google Android platform

Capturing thoughts and notes is something that many of us do with our smartphones and my favorite cross platform application to perform this is Evernote. I have been asking them for an Android client since I purchased my T-Mobile G1 last year. I read a Tweet about a beta appearing...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Mobile, Note, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-08

First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"

wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial

I'm having issues with VirtualBox . . .I'm having issues with VirtualBox: Even though it worked before, lately it's claiming that "VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational" and not allowing me to run 64 bit Ubuntu :(.RE: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast MarsupialI had some...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Win 7, Ext4, Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

What will the fallout be from Microsoft Security Essentials?

a new antitrust lawsuitthis is a shining example of monopoly squashing competition on price.Incorrectas the product isn't being bundled. Additionally if your car maker sold you seat belts prone to failure you wouldn't expect to pay someone else to fix them.I agree about validation.It would realy help to stop...

Tags: Corporate law, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, MSE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, antitrust, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-29