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- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- More information is coming in from various testers regarding the Office Starter 2010 build that Microsoft released to a group of selected testers late last week -- including details on macro and file type support. Do any of these make Office Starter a non-starter, in your book? by Mary Jo...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Tester, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Office Starter 2010 private beta, with 'Office to GO,' goes to testers
- Microsoft released a bunch of public betas of various Office 2010 products this week. But it also released another one under non-disclosure to a select group of testers: Office Starter 2010. Microsoft made the code for Office Starter 2010 available to select testers via its Connect Web site late this...
- Tags: Beta, Tester, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-20
- Selected testers get new build of Microsoft Security Essentials
- Microsoft has made available for download on October 24 by a select group of testers the first build of its next release of the free Microsoft Security Essentials MSE anti-malware product. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tester, Security, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010
- Microsoft is making what may be the last beta of Visual Studio 2010 and the accompanying .Net Framework 4 before they launch next March available to testers this week, company officials said. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Beta, Tester, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Report: Microsoft prepping now for next beta of Security Essentials
- With version one of its free anti-malware product just out the door, Microsoft is lining up testers for the next release of Microsoft Security Essentials. Ars Technica has posted what it says is an e-mail message that Microsoft sent to a subset of Windows 7 beta testers, inviting them to...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- USB Flash Drive Tester 1.14 (Windows)
- Flash card/drive tester allows testing of any removable media including SD, MMC, CF, USB flash pen drives for bad or unstable sectors. Especially useful for testing for fake sizes often seen on low quality USB pen drives. Version 1.14 includes support for Windows Vista.
- Tags: USB Flash Drive, USB, Tester, Virtual Console, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-07-05
- A reminder: Win 7 testers, your beta is about to expire
- If you're one of those Windows 7 testers still running the Beta -- and not the Release Candidate -- of Microsoft's next-generation client, it's time to get the lead out. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Beta, Tester, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need to know
- Microsoft finally broke its silence about its Microsoft Security Essentials MSE -- a k a "Morro" -- June 18, after refusing for months to provide any real details on its planned free consumer security replacement to Windows Live OneCare. Here's what wannabe MSE testers and customers need to know. by...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tester, Security, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testers
- Three months after releasing the final 1.0 version of its Silverlight-to-Linux port, the Moonlight team has posted a downloadable preview version of their 2.0 release. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley, Tester, Team Management, Management
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- What do Windows 7 beta testers really want?
- Windows beta testing ain't what it used to be. Over the past couple of days, this reality seems to be setting in among some Windows 7 testers. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Feedback, Tester, Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Team Management, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- SpiraTest 2.0.1.0 (Windows)
- For the project manager, it provides the ability to create, edit, and delete your project's requirements in a hierarchical organization that resembles a typical scope matrix. Each of your requirements is mapped to one or more test cases that can be used to validate that your functionality works as expected....
- Tags: Ability, Tester, Inflectra, AJAX, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2009-01-23
- Select testers get Office 14 alpha release
- I know I said just yesterday that no testers seemed to have any Office 14 code yet. Well, surprise, surprise, some external testers say they've now got access to documentation outlining what's coming in the alpha build that the company is starting to distribute today. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tester, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present
- There's talk that Microsoft has signed off internally on the Beta 1 Windows 7 bits internally. Word is the build number of what goes out to testers will be 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400. What do all those digits mean? And when will testers actually get their hands on the code? by Mary Jo...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, Beta Tester, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Microsoft releases to select testers updated IE 8 build
- Microsoft released to a group of select testers on December 10 a new test build of Internet Explorer IE 8. The new build is for "technical beta" participants only and is not available to the public. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Tester, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week
- Microsoft will release a beta of its forthcoming Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to a wider group of testers on October 29. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Service Pack
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'?
- After a brief blip of news following the mid-July release to manufacturing of Microsoft "Fiji," it's back to radio silence again. But the quiet shouldn't be interpreted as all is well. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Tester, Fiji, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
- Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product -- officially known as "Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 -- via PC makers. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, TV, Beta, Tester, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Microsoft opens up Live Mesh to more testers
- If you were closed out of Microsoft's Live Mesh preview for lack of an invite, you now can get in. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Tester, LiveSide, Live Mesh Team, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- A number of testers who've been dabbing with the first version of Microsoft's ADO.Net Entity Framework are unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken with the technology -- so much so that they've created a "no confidence vote" petition to make their gripes public. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Tester, ADO.Net Entity Framework, Business Object, Persistence Ignorance, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Windows 'Fiji' beta testing has begun
- Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, there's been no word in ages from Microsoft about "Fiji," the next version of Windows Media Center Edition. But that isn't because Fiji has evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with whom...
- Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Tester, Fiji, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
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