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OpenOffice.org v3.0 Beta

Posted in beta stuff, open source, tagged , on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The OpenOffice.org team has released a public beta of v3.0  It now has native support for Mac OS X and many more features.
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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Download & Review

Posted in beta stuff, mozilla on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »

The nice links below will contain the power for you to download the hottest beta from Mozilla, Firefox 3 Beta 5 as well as a very comprehensive review from our friend over at Mozilla Links.  I’ve been using Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a while now and it works beautifully.  Gmail is super fast and [...]

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Windows Search 4.0 Preview

Posted in beta stuff, microsoft on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »

I found this link on Neowin.net about the new Windows Desktop Search technologies coming out of Microsoft.  Apparently Microsoft has released a beta or “preview” of their new search technology v4.0 for Vista, Server, and XP.  You can find the links to download via the link below.  I’ve just installed the Vista SP1 version right [...]

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Firefox 3 Due in June

Posted in beta stuff, firefox 3, mozilla, open source on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »

I found this great update on the Firefox 3 release schedule straight from Mozilla. It looks like when they release beta 5, they’ll work hard to stabilize that and then start work on finishing Firefox with the release candidates.
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“The final release of Firefox 3 is due in June, the company said Wednesday during a roundtable [...]

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Firefox 3 Beta 5 and the RCs

Posted in beta stuff, firefox 3, mozilla, open source on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »

I found out that the last beta for Firefox 3 will indeed be beta 5.  After beta 5 is released in late March, Mozilla will begin work on the release candidates.  There can only be speculation as to how many release candidates there will be, but we should have a final Firefox 3 very soon.

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OpenOffice.org 3.0

Posted in beta stuff, open source on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »

Here’s a nice preview of OpenOffice.org v3.0 - which should be out in the second half of this year.
OOoNinja
Also, here is the wiki page with the features of OOo 2.4 and 3.0.

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Download Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 Beta

Posted in beta stuff, linux, open source on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

You can now download the fresh beta of the new Ubuntu Hardy Heron v8.04.  There seems to be a lot of great new features, I have linked below to the beta and release notes.  Enjoy!
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Release Notes

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Microsoft FolderShare

Posted in beta stuff, microsoft on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »

You can sync files across multiple machines without the need for a centralized server with Microsoft FolderShare Beta.  Very, very cool stuff here and if they can actually pull this off in a way that works well for the average user, it’ll be huge.
FolderShare Homepage

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Mega Firefox 3 Beta 4 Review

Posted in beta stuff, firefox 3, mozilla on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »

Hey All - Percy over at Mozilla Links has written a four page article detailing Firefox 3 Beta 4 and explaining all of the new features in detail.  If you are interested in Firefox 3 development, please check it out below:
Firefox 3 Beta 4 Review - Mozilla Links

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Download IE 8.0 Beta 1

Posted in beta stuff, microsoft on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »

You can now officially download the new version of IE 8 Beta 1 from the link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/getitnow.mspx
From what I’ve read it looks like they’ve introduced a few new features with no major UI changes yet.  Also, it’s supposed to support web standards with Acid2 but apparently it does not yet.

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