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News.blog: Firefox 3 beta 4 released

News The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser was released on Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced. The creator of the open-source browser said the new beta includes improvements to performance and...

Tags: beta, cent, zoom, firefox

11 March 2008, 8:42

Firefox 2 released today

News The much-anticipated Firefox 2 will be released today at 11pm GMT . Microsoft only recently released the final version of IE 7, an update to Internet Explorer, after offering the same features on the browser for almost five years.

24 October 2006, 10:55

News.blog: Opera Mini 4.1 released

News The good news is this will apply to most phones released in the last few years. On Tuesday, Opera sewed up a short beta run of Opera Mini 4.1. After a mere month and a half, the Norwegian software company declared the mobile phone browser build...

Tags: beta, java, phones, mini

14 May 2008, 9:56

Final test version of Vista released

News Microsoft on Friday issued what it hopes will be the last public test version of Windows Vista, as it works to put the final program in the hands of some businesses by next month. The company said that Release Candidate 2 of the new operating...

9 October 2006, 9:31

News.blog: Asus Eee Box details released

News Word got out a little early yesterday morning regarding Asus's small Eee Box, which will be available in early July. The listed dimensions of the unit are 25 by 216 by 178mm, standing upright on its included stand.

Tags: hard drive, box, linux, lan

3 June 2008, 10:47

Intel's Celeron takes the 64-bit route

News Intel released a 64-bit processor for mainstream PCs on Monday, putting the company a month ahead of its rival, AMD, which is expected to release a chip of the same capacity in July. Earlier this year, Intel released its Pentium Extreme Edition...

28 June 2005, 8:53

Microsoft tweaks Windows Vista beta

News Microsoft on Monday said it has released a slightly updated test version of Windows Vista, but it is not being made broadly available to the consumers who are trying out the new operating system. It released the Beta 2 version of Windows Vista at a...

18 July 2006, 10:05

DivX releases new, high-quality video format

News Upstart video technology company DivX released a new version of its digital video tools on Wednesday, claiming its quality matches or betters the latest from Apple or Microsoft. Some content, largely from independent studios, is now being released...

16 June 2005, 11:02

The A-Z of ebusiness (V-W)

News This term refers to the announcement and/or advertisement of products which have not been released and which may or may not be released in the future. Vaporware The intention of such announcement or advertisement is to generate interest in the...

1 January 2002, 14:00

Microsoft fixes Windows XP Embedded glitches

News Microsoft on Tuesday released an update to its version of Windows XP for embedded devices. Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 resolves glitches discovered since Microsoft released the operating system last year and also adds new features to...

23 October 2002, 12:50

Microsoft finds its voice for .Net

News Microsoft has released the second test version of speech development tools supporting the company's .Net web services strategy. Microsoft released the first beta of the Speech SDK earlier this year. The software giant has started taking orders for...

30 October 2002, 14:50

Microsoft wants IE 7 guinea pigs

News The software giant on Monday night released an updated test version of IE 7 for Windows XP and is hoping to convince the masses to try out the still-in-the-works software. A prior test version, released in January, had been publicly available, but...

25 April 2006, 10:55

Firefox goes mass market with 1.5

News Mozilla is gearing up to launch a large-scale marketing drive when Firefox 1.5 is released. Christopher Beard, the vice-president of products at Mozilla, said on Monday that there is a "strong likelihood" that Firefox 1.5, the next major version of...

28 November 2005, 10:36

Activists develop stealth browser

News Hacktivismo, a group of human-rights advocates and computer security experts, has released a Firefox-based browser designed to allow anonymous Web surfing. Released last week, it can be run directly from a USB drive, meaning it can be used on...

25 September 2006, 10:36

Thunderbird 1.5 stands by for action

News Mozilla on Thursday released its updated email application, Thunderbird 1.5, which is designed to deliver improved security and functionality. Last autumn Mozilla released an update for its Thunderbird 1.0.7 that plugged several security holes.

13 January 2006, 9:30