The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November.
Microsoft has tweaked its testing schedule for Windows Vista as it tries to get the operating system update out by the end of 2006.
The software giant acknowledges that a hacker broke into its Windows beta testing network and had access to yet-unreleased software.
Using beta software may be kind to your bottom line, but you should exercise caution. Tim Landgrave explains that the best beta implementations involve partnerships between your company and the vendor.
Votes cast Tuesday in the US will not only determine the next president, they could also go a long way toward determining the future of ballot machines in America.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was officially released overnight and marked the eleventh release of the distribution. It's attractive, polished and measured, but fails "the grandma test".
South Australian distributed backup start-up Memory Box splits up users' data and spreads it in encrypted form across many customers' PCs. But can the company build trust amongst customers who could be worried about their data being stored on other people's hard drives?
We take one of Intel's new 34nm SSD drives for a spin and find it a worthy hard disk replacement, delivering massive speed jumps when loading software. But watch out for a penalty when writing data.
I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.
IE may be the quickest browser to load pages, but this is not a 100m dash; seems like someone has forgotten to tell Microsoft that there is another 300m of JavaScript to go until this race is over.
Norwegian company Opera Software released the first beta of its 9.6 Opera Web browser last week. We took it for a spin to see how it handled.
Using beta software may be kind to your bottom line, but you should exercise caution. Tim Landgrave explains that the best beta implementations involve partnerships between your company and the vendor.
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.
Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days.
We give you a sneak peek at the upcoming beta of Windows 7 before Microsoft unveils the software to the public later this month.
Test drive the latest interface enhancements and time-saving features for Safari, Apple's premier, cross-platform browser.
Ivan Krstic, director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child project, brought a beta 2 test prototype model of the AU$175 laptops to AusCERT 2007. ZDNet Australia's Munir Kotadia caught up with Ivan to find out more about the pre-release model's features.
Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a beta or test version to the public in August.
Microsoft's latest operating system won't be officially released until later in the year, but you can test out the free beta for it now. Take a peek inside the future of Windows -- now this is what Vista should have been.
Microsoft this week started beta testing its Virtual Server, a program that enables a single server to run multiple operating systems.
Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Apple Computer has terminated a program that gave some developers access to the latest test versions of its Safari browser, after some testers apparently leaked several prereleases to the public.
With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.
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.
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