<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://updates.zdnet.com/">
<channel>
	<title><![CDATA[tester Resources | ZDNet]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[White papers, case studies, technical articles, and blog posts relating to tester]]></description>
	<s:counts start="0" returned="20" found="31" />
	<language>en-us</language>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4643]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:23 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+works.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Works]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/office+suites.html"><![CDATA[Office Suites]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+office.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Office Starter 2010 private beta, with 'Office to GO,' goes to testers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4632]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:21:02 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+office.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/office+suites.html"><![CDATA[Office Suites]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Selected testers get new build of Microsoft Security Essentials]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4343]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:38:24 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/security.html"><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4270]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:44:01 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+visual+studio.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Visual Studio]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+development+tools.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Development Tools]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/development+tools.html"><![CDATA[Development Tools]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software+development.html"><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software%252fweb+development.html"><![CDATA[Software/Web Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Report: Microsoft prepping now for next beta of Security Essentials]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4252]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:29:25 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/security.html"><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[USB Flash Drive Tester 1.14 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1029861]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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.   ]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Software downloads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/usb+flash+drive.html"><![CDATA[USB Flash Drive]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/usb.html"><![CDATA[USB]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/virtual+console.html"><![CDATA[Virtual Console]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/flash+memory.html"><![CDATA[Flash Memory]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[A reminder: Win 7 testers, your beta is about to expire]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3151]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:05:09 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need to know]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3120]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:02:40 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/security.html"><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2682]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 08:47:55 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/team+management.html"><![CDATA[Team Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/management.html"><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[What do Windows 7 beta testers really want?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:30:53 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/team.html"><![CDATA[Team]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+office.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/feedback.html"><![CDATA[Feedback]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/steven+sinofsky.html"><![CDATA[Steven Sinofsky]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/team+management.html"><![CDATA[Team Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/management.html"><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[SpiraTest 2.0.1.0 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=909321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For the project manager, it provides the ability to create, edit, and delete your project&apos;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....]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Software downloads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ability.html"><![CDATA[Ability]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/inflectra.html"><![CDATA[Inflectra]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ajax.html"><![CDATA[AJAX]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/vertical+industries.html"><![CDATA[Vertical Industries]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/benefits.html"><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/internet.html"><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software%252fweb+development.html"><![CDATA[Software/Web Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/web+development.html"><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/web+2.0.html"><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/human+resources.html"><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Select testers get Office 14 alpha release]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1811]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:03:28 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+office.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/office+suites.html"><![CDATA[Office Suites]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Some testers expecting an early Windows 7 Beta 1 present]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1775]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:24:15 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta+tester.html"><![CDATA[Beta Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft releases to select testers updated IE 8 build]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1760]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:38:20 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+internet+explorer.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Internet Explorer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/web+browsers.html"><![CDATA[Web Browsers]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/internet.html"><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1663]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:36:29 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/service+pack+2.html"><![CDATA[Service Pack 2]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+vista.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Vista]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+xp+service+pack+2.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+vista+%2528longhorn%2529.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+server.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Server]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/service+pack+2.html"><![CDATA[Service Pack 2]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+vista.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Vista]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/service+pack.html"><![CDATA[Service Pack]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+xp+service+pack+2.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+vista+%2528longhorn%2529.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1518]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:31:16 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+7.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/fiji.html"><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/media+center+pcs.html"><![CDATA[Media Center PCs]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/personal+technology.html"><![CDATA[Personal Technology]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/home+entertainment.html"><![CDATA[Home Entertainment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1489]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:52:32 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/windows+media.html"><![CDATA[Windows Media]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/media+center+pc.html"><![CDATA[Media Center PC]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+media+center.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Media Center]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tv.html"><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/beta.html"><![CDATA[Beta]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/media+center+pcs.html"><![CDATA[Media Center PCs]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/digital+media.html"><![CDATA[Digital Media]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/digital+music.html"><![CDATA[Digital Music]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/personal+technology.html"><![CDATA[Personal Technology]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/home+entertainment.html"><![CDATA[Home Entertainment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/consumer+electronics.html"><![CDATA[Consumer Electronics]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft opens up Live Mesh to more testers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1487]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:05:32 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows+live.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows Live]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/liveside.html"><![CDATA[LiveSide]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/live+mesh+team.html"><![CDATA[Live Mesh Team]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1457]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:53:56 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+ado.net.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft ADO.NET]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ado.net+entity+framework.html"><![CDATA[ADO.Net Entity Framework]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/business+object.html"><![CDATA[Business Object]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/persistence+ignorance.html"><![CDATA[Persistence Ignorance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/.net.html"><![CDATA[.Net]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/databases.html"><![CDATA[Databases]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software+development.html"><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software%252fweb+development.html"><![CDATA[Software/Web Development]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/data+management.html"><![CDATA[Data Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Windows 'Fiji' beta testing has begun]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 06:41:41 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/media+center+pc.html"><![CDATA[Media Center PC]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tester.html"><![CDATA[Tester]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/fiji.html"><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/media+center+pcs.html"><![CDATA[Media Center PCs]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+windows.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/digital+media.html"><![CDATA[Digital Media]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/personal+technology.html"><![CDATA[Personal Technology]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/home+entertainment.html"><![CDATA[Home Entertainment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/consumer+electronics.html"><![CDATA[Consumer Electronics]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mary+jo+foley.html"><![CDATA[Mary Jo Foley]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
