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Google Desktop 3 in final testing
News Google is adding new features to its Desktop search program, including further customisation of the Sidebar and the ability to send information directly to a friend's desktop, search on multiple computers at once and lock the search function with...
9 February 2006, 10:16
First Firefox 2 beta ready for testing
News The Mozilla Foundation has released a beta version of Firefox 2, the next major version of its Web browser. This is the first beta version of Firefox 2 to be made publicly available, and Mozilla hopes that software developers will download it and...
12 July 2006, 11:22
Microsoft releases Vista beta to the public
News After months of limited testing, Microsoft made a beta version of Windows Vista publicly available for download on Wednesday. The company kicked off what it called its 'Customer Preview Program', a testing period in which the software maker hopes...
8 June 2006, 11:08
IBM brains capture a PC's soul
News Researchers at IBM are testing software that would let you carry your home or office desktop around on an iPod or similar portable device so you can run it on any PC. Right now the product's in the testing phase, but SoulPad contributor Ramon...
16 August 2005, 9:36
Microsoft bringing Hotmail to the desktop
News Microsoft has started beta testing software that will take its Web email onto the desktop. The software is designed to work with Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail that is also in beta testing.
30 March 2006, 9:34
Microsoft plans to give some pirates a break
News As part of its growing antipiracy campaign, Microsoft is testing a program that offers free licenced versions of Windows XP Professional to some customers whose copies are found to be bogus. One of the things Microsoft is testing is a scanning tool...
5 May 2005, 10:24
Google tests out blog ad service
News The search company is testing a new variation of its AdSense program for publishers that allows sites to display text or image ads related to their content and get paid by the click. Companies including Kanoodle, Moreover Technologies and Yahoo are...
27 April 2005, 12:52
Microsoft unleashes IE 7 beta on public
News Microsoft took the wraps off Internet Explorer 7 on Tuesday, releasing the new 'preview' version of its Web browser to the general public for testing. The company, which began limited testing in July, had promised to deliver a public beta by the...
1 February 2006, 9:43
NASA gets ready for 3D view of the sun
News NASA expects to launch the two-year mission this spring after it completes testing of the crafts at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland this winter. Two nearly identical robotic spacecraft known as Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories (or...
14 December 2005, 9:34
Microsoft rolls out IE 7
News The new Web browser, which has been in testing for months, is now available for download from Microsoft's Web site. Arrival scheduleThose who have been beta testing IE 7 will begin receiving the final version via automatic updates this week.
19 October 2006, 11:07
Imitation spleen proteins hold key to fresh water
News The Californian firm is testing one molecule that can remove radioactive materials, such as cesium, from the water that circulates inside nuclear power plants, said Clark Gellings, vice president of innovation at EPRI.
25 October 2005, 11:37
Google flight search ready for take-off
News Google is testing a new search feature for specific flight inquiries between two points," Google said in an emailed statement. Earlier this week, Google quietly began testing a new service to allow people to post and make searchable any type of...
28 October 2005, 10:40
Motorola and Intel team up on mobile WiMax
News But now Motorola and Intel, which has been a leader in WiMax development, plan to collaborate and share testing results and design information to ensure that the new products they are developing are interoperable.
28 October 2005, 10:59
Windows can run inside Mac OS
News Around the same time, Parallels started testing for its Parallels Desktop program, which uses virtualisation technology to have Windows programs operate alongside Mac applications. Put through its pacesThe Parallels software has been in testing...
15 June 2006, 11:30
New online Windows harks back to MSN
News The main Live.com Web page is similar to the Start.com page that has been in testing since earlier this year. Internet calling service, saying PC-to-phone calling will be a paid service, even during public beta testing.
4 November 2005, 8:57


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