5,000 testers are to form the initial front line of testing for what is likely to become Windows Server 2007. A date for an open beta is yet to emerge
Red Hat has released new beta versions of its enterprise and desktop Linux products, with improvements including better virtualisation and clustering features, to make the operating system a more stable platform for server farms.
Microsoft on Friday launched Service Pack 1 for Windows Exchange Server 2007, which includes additions to the Exchange management console, Outlook Web access and disaster recovery.
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Microsoft launched on Monday the second beta of its Exchange 2007 messaging server and Forefront Exchange security service.
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Microsoft has announced that from next week, it will begin deploying its Internet Explorer 8 browser to the majority of users via Automatic Update and there was much rejoicing and a feeling of relief.
Synchronising data between multiple computers is difficult and dangerous, which is why we get software to do it these days rather than attempting to manage all the file movements ourselves. But making the assumption that the software knows what it's doing can in itself be dangerous.
Microsoft is investigating a security breach on a server that hosts its Windowsbeta community, which allows more than 20,000 Windows users a chance to test software that is still in development.
Microsoft says beta testing for Office 12 begins in November. Also, the company gets 120,000 requests a month from people who want to save their Office documents in PDF format, making it one of the most requested features.
The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.
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In version 8 of IBM/Lotus's upcoming collaboration suite, the client (Notes) moves to a new Java framework while the server (Domino) gets a number of overdue enhancements.
With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.
The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.
Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.
The software giant inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office.
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