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RegEx tester: RegEx Tester lets you develop and test your regular expression against a target text. It's UI is designed to aid you in the RegEx developing; especially the big and complex one's. It uses and supports almost all of the features available in the .NET RegEx Class. This version is the...; Tags: Tester, BucanerO, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-03-25
USB Flash Drive tester (7): 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. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: USB Flash Drive, USB, Tester, Virtual Console; Software downloads 2008-03-03
Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers: Microsoft is in the midst of a quest for new testers for some kind of new Windows Media Center product, which may or may not be connected to "Fiji," the next version of Windows Media Center Edition MCE. Late last week, Microsoft posted to its Connect private...; Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, Survey, Tester, Fiji, MCE Tester Survey, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Marketing Research, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-29
testers get Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate build: Microsoft has begun rolling out to testers a near-final Release Candidate RC build of Windows XP Service Pack SP 3. Testers said they began pulling down the bits from Microsoft's private download site on November 18. Testers said the new XP SP3 build is...; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Tester, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-11-19
SpiraTest (msi): 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: Tester, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2007-10-19

Microsoft releases beta of XP SP3 to Vista, Windows Server testers: Microsoft officials said at the end of August that they planned to release Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN and TechNet testers within a couple weeks. It is now more than a month later. And it doesn't seem Microsoft has made good...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-10-04
Windows Server 2008 RC0, Vista SP1: Back together again: Microsoft announced on September 24 that it is ready to release to testers both Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate RC 0 and Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1 beta. Testers had been expecting the new test builds of both Windows products to debut earlier this month. Microsoft said...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Tester, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-09-24
JSRegExp (gg): JSRegExp is regular expressions tester for JavaScript language. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Tester, JSRegExp, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2007-09-11
"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
Netvantage Functional tester (exe): Netvantage Functional Tester, automated Web testing software, makes creating functional, regression, and acceptance test scripts quick and easy. Boasting its industry leading gui, Netvantage Function Tester allows your existing Q.A. testers to create reusable data driven Web automation test scripts / macros, without coding that could have only been created...; Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tester, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2006-12-05
Free Love Compatibility tester by: William R. Nabaza (exe): Free Love Compatibility Tester by: William R. Nabaza. Test the love between two people by entering their names below and then calculate their compatibility. Full names give the most accurate results.; Tags: Tester, Networking; Software downloads 2006-08-14
Rational Functional tester Win Eval (IBM Rational Functional tester for Java and Web Evaluation): IBM Rational Functional Tester is best-of-breed automated testing tool for functional and regression testing of Java and Web applications. It provides the professional test development environment of Eclipse, and the innovations within Rational Functional Tester produce resilient test scripts. By integration with the Rational Team Unifying Platform, testers can take...; Tags: Web, Java, IBM Corp., Tester, IBM Rational Functional Tester; Software downloads

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REST: Reducing Effort in Script-based Testing: The narrow but very important problem: Test scripts used for version 1.0 of an application will probably break when applied to version 2.0 of that application. Testers try to edit old test scripts so that they won't need to create new ones from scratch, but the process is slow, tedious...; Tags: GUI, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Ping tester Pro (exe): PingTester is a visual network test tools, it can store a list of IP addresses, URL, and network test commands to increase the working efficiency, perform ping test by one click, 'ping sweep' subnets or interval ping all the hosts on a list continuously, save the individual ping records to...; Tags: AutoBAUP, Interval, Network, IP, PingTester, Networking, Network Technology; Software downloads 2008-04-28
Live Mesh Cloud View (Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh): Live Mesh Cloud View (Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh)Who wrote the comment?"Here is what some of the 10,000 testers who are expected to get access to an early Technology Preview of Live Mesh this week should expect to see." As a tester I don't expect anything tot see.. and certainly...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Live Mesh, Live Mesh Cloud View, Microsoft Live Mesh, Screen Shots; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
SpeedConnect Connection tester (exe): SpeedConnect Connection Tester provides a quick and easy way to test the speed of your Internet connection. The program downloads a file from a Microsoft server or any other server of your choice, analyzes the measured data and reports your speed in kbps. It also provides a graphical statistical analyzer...; Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., SpeedConnect Connection Tester, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Management, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-04-21
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Lower your phone bill: It's tempting to choose a cell phone plan by the shiny toy that comes with it, but we all know that it's too easy to get roped into the two-year terror of a contract you don't like (or worse, can't pay for) when distracted by, say, that shiny new Samsung...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Carrier, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-11
EdgeWay Battery tester (zip): EdgeWay Battery Tester gives an accurate estimation of how much time your battery has left in hours and minutes based on current power consumption, for example you can see how much time you have left with your screen at full brightness or if you turn it down low, wireless on...; Tags: EdgeWay Software, EdgeWay Battery Tester, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Operating Systems, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-09
The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1: The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1Unqualified TesterWhy print such a useless piece? Anyone who still uses a 27" CRT for anything is not qualified to review anything more advanced than a toaster.So what was your conclusion?I'm guessing that the 640x480 looked better...; Tags: Monitors & displays, CRT, camcorder, Sony Handycam HDR-TG1, Flip Video Ultra, Sony Handycam, digital camcorder, Sony Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-08