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• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta

  Given all the expectations, we wanted more within IE 7 for XP, but Microsoft has given us less.

• Apple Boot Camp (beta)

  Apple gives the people what they want: Windows on Macs. Geeks proved it could be done through a variety of complicated hacks and now Apple makes it a breeze with a free download. We take Boot Camp for a test run.

• Windows XP: Are you experienced?

  Though it is still too early to tell how the final version of Windows XP will perform, Beta 2 provides a good glimpse at the design and features of this eagerly anticipated upgrade for both home and office.

• Australia tastes XP beta 2

  Software titan Microsoft has started shipping Windows XP Beta 2 to a priority group of beta testers representing its Australian customers and partners. The beta OS will be distributed to TechNet and MSDN subscribers next month.

• Norton Internet Security 2007

  Norton Internet Security 2007 makes significant gains over last year, including cutting-edge rootkit and behavioral monitoring features found nowhere else, but the overall package could be serious overkill for the average desktop owner.

• Images: Windows Vista beta 2

  We take a detailed look at the features of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which include improved security options, "gadgets" and integrated search.

• Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

  The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.

• Office Professional 2003 Beta 2

  Corporate buyers should test this beta -- we suspect you'll love Office 2003's integrated XML. Home users: Office 2003 hasn't been enhanced enough to merit a test. Wait for the final release, and then check our review.

• Office 11 beta due next month

  Microsoft will be shipping the second beta version of Office 11 next month, complete with XML tools.

• Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective

  As Microsoft's forthcoming office suite takes clearer shape, we report on the latest beta version, and its implications for companies' IT strategies.

• New Office beta all set to launch

  Microsoft plans to officially launch Office 2003 Beta 2 on Monday, a release that will include a public preview available to several hundred thousand beta testers and businesses, said sources.

• Vista beta sucks up battery juice

  Windows Vista delivers some pretty snazzy new graphics, but all that "wow" can be a real drain.

• Compatibility woes plague Windows 2002

  If the state of application compatibility for Windows XP clients is in its infancy, app compatibility for the various Whistler server betas is embryonic. That fact, more than almost anything else, is a guarantee that Microsoft won't ship the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 2002 until 2002, according to testers working with the beta builds of the product.

• Microsoft gets Windows XP ready

  Microsoft is set to release a test version of the next update to Windows XP, which adds security features as well as improved support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks.

• Microsoft improves Windows XP SP2 security

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 introduces significant changes to the Internet Connection Firewall and to handling buffer overruns. See how these changes could improve the default XP security configuration.

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