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Photos: The latest tweaks to Windows 7

Last week, build 7048 of Windows 7 leaked out of Microsoft's labs. We take a brisk tour around some of the subtle tweaks that have been made since December's beta release Read more

12 March 2009, 11:04 | Tags: beta release, release candidate, Windows 7

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Quake Live: Epic pwnage in your browser

Watch out employers: there's a new time-wasting productivity suck in town. Id Software has ported its classic FPS to the browser and there's nothing you can do about it Read more

25 February 2009, 12:00 | Tags: Doom, Unreal Tournament, recession, productivity, Quake

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Apple Safari 4 browser for Mac and PC: CoverFlow the Web

Apple has announced the beta release of Safari 4 -- the latest edition of the Apple Web browser, available for PC and Mac Read more

24 February 2009, 14:22 | Tags: Apple, Apple Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, iTunes

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Photos: Windows 7 'quicker, less annoying' than Vista

Microsoft today went into much more detail on Windows 7, successor to Vista. There's an emphasis on being faster and less, er, intrusive and much more -- we've got pics Read more

28 October 2008, 17:59 | Tags: Microsoft, CNET News, Control Panel, Internet Explorer, Vista

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Sony expands PS3 Home beta

The games giant has announced it will be expanding the closed beta test of its PlayStation 3 online service, with testers chosen on their activity on the PlayStation Network Read more

8 August 2008, 09:18 | Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Games and Gear

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Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop

Microsoft has released the WorldWide Telescope, which allows stargazers to view the universe from the comfort of their own computer, using high-resolution telescopic images Read more

20 May 2008, 10:28 | Tags: Microsoft, thumbnail images, telescopes, North Pole, black holes

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What's the best beta? IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3

The Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari Web browsers all have beta versions of their next major releases, and we've put them head-to-head to see which is the most promising Read more

17 March 2008, 11:47 | Tags: Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Opera Software, YouTube

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Chrome for OS X beta around the corner

Google's Chrome Web browser is inching ever closer to an official public beta release on Mac OS X. Based on the current state of development, it's looking promising Read more

13 November 2009, 11:02 | Tags: Google, Gmail, Google Maps, Mac OS X, public beta

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