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Download World of Warcraft Mac Client Patch 3.2.0a

Although Blizzard Entertainment’s website doesn’t list the update as being available yet, the folks at macgamefiles have a World of Warcraft 3.2.0a, which contains the following installer: “WoW-3.2.0.10192-to-3.2.0.10314-enUS-patch.app.” The patch is available for World of Warcraft players in ...

21 August 2009
07:27 GMT

Firefox 3.5 Automatic Upgrades v3.0, Imminent Death for Firefox 3.0

Mozilla traditionally doesn’t linger too much on any given release of its open-source browser, and the 3.0 release is no exception to this rule. In fact, it is the beginning of the end for Firefox 3.0, marked by the availability of Firefox 3.5 as a Major update for all users of the previous version of the brows...

17 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1 Download a Taste

Google is not the sole browser builder that is developing multiple browser iterations concomitantly, and jumping from version to version at a fast pace. Just one week after it offered testers the first Alpha Build of the next iteration of Firefox, Mozilla has produced a fresh release of yet another version of th...

14 August 2009
12:07 GMT

Download Paint.NET 3.5 Tailored to Windows 7

A fresh development milestone of Paint.NET 3.5 is now available for download, tailored to the latest iteration of the Windows client. The Alpha build of Paint.NET version 3.5 leverages the DirectWrite application programming interface that ships by default with Windows 7 for the Text tool. Of course that only users o...

13 August 2009
08:07 GMT

Firefox 3.6: Beta 1 in September, Final Release in November 2009

If Mozilla is able to stick to its current plan for Namoroka, then the successor of Firefox 3.5 will be available for end users one month after Windows 7 hits the shelves. At the end of the past week, Mozilla launched the first Alpha version of Firefox 3.6, which is currently up for grabs alongside Firefox 3.5. So fa...

11 August 2009
12:18 GMT

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 for Mac OS X

Mozilla has released yet another alpha build of its powerful web browser for Mac, Windows and Linux, Firefox. Version 3.6 Alpha 1 is immediately available for free download on machines running Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Alpha and Beta builds of Mac software are not to be relied upon. Readers download and use such builds...

8 August 2009
06:21 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Alpha Just Around the Corner

At just two weeks since it was released to the public, Firefox 3.5 is old news. Mozilla is shifting its focus onto the next iteration of its open-source browser. And in this regard, the first Alpha of Firefox 3.6, codenamed Namoroka, is just around the corner. Mozilla indicated that it planned to release Firefox 3.6 ...

30 July 2009
12:47 GMT

Download New Opera 10.0 Alpha for Mac (Build 6466)

Mac users and fans of Opera Software's feature-packed web browser should know there's a new update on the horizon, which delivers tons of fixes and improvements to the Alpha version. Just three Mac-specific changes are mentioned in the release notes for Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 6466, the latest version of the...

28 May 2009
06:07 GMT

Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1497 Available for Download

At less than a week since the delivery of the previous Alpha development milestone, Opera has made available for download Build 1497 of its next version of the Opera browser. Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1497 has in fact shipped via the update infrastructure before the company announced its availability, and in this regard...

14 May 2009
11:09 GMT

Download Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1491

A new development milestone of Opera 10.0 is now available for download, and this time around the browser comes in versions tailored to all supported operating systems, including Linux, not just Windows and Mac OS X as the release at the end of April. Opera 10.0 Build 1491, still in Alpha stage, went live at the end ...

11 May 2009
11:20 GMT

Download Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1456

A new build of Opera 10.0 is now available for download. The browser continues to be in Alpha stage, but advanced to Build 1456 at the end of the past week. The release is now offered through Opera's autoupdate mechanism, and, as such, users will need to manually download and install the browser. Only the versio...

27 April 2009
12:06 GMT

Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit Goes into Alpha

The Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit has advanced into Alpha stage, and the download is now live via Microsoft Connect. Just as it was the case with Windows Vista, the Windows 7 logo program aims to provide guidance for customers looking to buy software and hardware, by guaranteeing that the products play nice with th...

16 April 2009
07:15 GMT

Download New Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1413, Now with Turbo

The latest Opera 10.0 Alpha development milestone brings to the table various performance enhancements, including Turbo. A technology designed to boost the browser speed especially when dealing with slow Internet connections, Turbo is now an integral part of all Opera 10 Alpha snapshots. In addition, the Norwegian br...

6 April 2009
08:57 GMT

Office 14 Milestones via Leaked Product Maps

Just as it was the case with Windows releases, including Window Vista SP1 and SP2, not to mention Windows 7, as well as Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft is completely mute when it comes down to the development process of Office 14. The successor of the Office 2007 System is indeed cooking over at Microsoft, with an Alp...

26 March 2009
08:47 GMT

WorldWide Telescope Web Client Alpha

Microsoft has unveiled the latest step in the evolution of its WorldWide Telescope, making the service available beyond the limits of the desktop client. In this regard, the Redmond company has introduced the WorldWide Telescope Web Client. Now in Alpha stage, the WorldWide Telescope Web Client is designed to allow u...

18 March 2009
11:17 GMT

Download Opera 10.0 Turbo Alpha

On the heels of Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1345, Opera made available for download Opera 10.0 Turbo Alpha Build 1355. This is the first release of the desktop flavor of the browser to come to the table with the turbo-charged browsing technology introduced by the Norway-based company at the Mobile World Congress 2009, on ...

16 March 2009
09:46 GMT

Download Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1345

A new development of the next iteration of the Opera browser is now available for download. Opera 10.0, codename Peregrine, Build 1345 is the latest release out of the Alpha stage of the browser's development process. Opera is building Opera 10.0 in parallel with its rivals' efforts to also develop the next...

11 March 2009
11:19 GMT

Download "Astoria Offline" Alpha for Vista SP1 and XP SP3

On the heels of the ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 Community Technology Preview 1 launch at the start of March 2009, Microsoft has made available for download codename “Astoria Offline.” The project is available as an early Alpha preview, and is designed to offer what Microsoft referred to as a sync-enabled v...

9 March 2009
08:47 GMT

Office 14 Drops in 2010

The next version of the Office System has been pushed to next year. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed in his “Strategic Update” briefing with Wall Street analysts today, February 24, 2009 that Office 14 would not be made available in 2009. “Office 14 will not be this year,&rdq...

24 February 2009
10:59 GMT

Download a Taste of Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 and Fennec for Windows

Mozilla is crawling forward with the development of Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, as the browser version should, by all accounts, have already been available for download. While struggling to resolve the blockers preventing the release of the third Beta for codename Shiretoko, Mozilla is, at this point in time, no longer offer...

13 February 2009
11:46 GMT

Download New Opera Alpha Build (6231) for Mac

Opera Software has released a new (Alpha) version of its free-to-download-and-use web browser, Opera. The new release includes tweaks and fixes, as well as a few improvements. Read on to learn what's been cooking over at the Opera Software labs recently.According to the changelog for Opera Alpha Build 6231, the ...

13 February 2009
06:12 GMT

New Opera Carakan Engine Two and a Half Times Faster than Opera 10 Alpha Presto 2.2

Future versions of Opera will be at least two and a half times faster than what the company currently offers to its users. This because of the introduction of Carakan, a newly developed ECMAScript/JavaScript engine for the browser, which leaves Opera 10 Alpha's Presto 2.2 in the dust. The end purpose with Caraka...

5 February 2009
11:27 GMT

The First Leaked Taste of Office 14 Alpha

The first taste of the next iteration Office 14 is now available to the public, via a set of screenshots leaked from the Alpha Build of Office 14. While the translucency barrier introduced for Windows 7 by Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, is now lifted with the publi...

16 January 2009
07:33 GMT

Boxee Adds iPlayer, Joost Support – Free Download

The folks at boxee have just released a new version of their media-focued application bearing the same name. Currently in Alpha, boxee adds support for the BBC iPlayer (UK users only), Joost and MTV Music. “Thousands” of free invites are coming, as well!“boxee’s private alpha went well beyond ...

9 January 2009
11:05 GMT

Download Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1219

Just ahead of Christmas, Opera “opened up the gift bag” and made available for download new Alpha builds of Opera 10.0 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This after at the start of December 2008, the first Alpha version of Opera 10.0 was released, sporting a variety of improvements. Version 10.0 is designed...

23 December 2008
15:41 GMT

New Opera 10.0 Alpha Build Available for Mac

Weeks ago, the Opera Team released version 10.0 Alpha 1 to the public, stressing that the new launch contained the latest changes. However, developers signaled that the release could have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. A new version of the software is available (as well as a stable b...

23 December 2008
09:15 GMT

Mac Gets Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 – Download Here

The Opera Team has released Opera 10.0 Alpha 1, now available for Macintosh, Windows, as well as Linux machines. Having passed the Acid3 Test for web standard support to perfection, the browser's engine has seen observable improvements, being able to handle CSS, XML printing a lot better. RGBA and HSLA support h...

5 December 2008
05:20 GMT

Camino 2.0 Alpha 1 Released – Download Here

The folks handling the Camino Project have updated their simple, but useful, web browser for Mac OS X, Camino. The release includes critical security and stability fixes, an updated Google feed handler icon, improved ad blocking, and more. Although still hard at work on the web browser, the Camino Project hopes more...

19 November 2008
14:11 GMT

Office 14 Alpha Planned for November/December 2008

Following the joint release of its flagship products at the end of January 2008, Microsoft started building the successors of Windows Vista and the Office 2007 System. All the while, the Redmond company managed to make public as little information as possible not only on Windows 7 development milestones and official ...

18 August 2008
04:06 GMT

Pownce iPhone App Available. Desktop Version Reaches 2.0.

Users of the Pownce free desktop application should find it extremely exciting that an update is now available for them. And that's not all: an iPhone version of the Pownce application has also been released. The latter is currently available for download via the iTunes App Store."We're very excited to anno...

17 July 2008
02:59 GMT

Firefox 3.1/Shiretoko: Alpha 1 in July, Beta in August, Ships 4Q/08 or 1Q/09

Now that Firefox 3.0 is finalized, made available to the general public since June 17, and already in the history books, with over 8 million downloads in the first 24 hours, Mozilla is focusing on the next iteration of its open source browser. Very early versions of Firefox 3.1 codenamed Shiretoko have already been r...

3 July 2008
12:45 GMT

Kingdom Lores Fantasy Game for iPhone. Free Download.

The iPhone is a great gaming platform, everyone can agree on that. The device uses multitouch, as well as motion-sensitivity which, combined, make the most intuitive control scheme for any title, be it a ported one. While Kingdom Lores makes good use of just one of the respective capabilities (namely, the touchscreen...

20 May 2008
17:06 GMT

CES 2008: New Sony A200 DSLR Offers No Significant Improvement

Since it's CES time, Sony thought it would be a good idea to throw in some more photography and video oriented products; not too many though. Apart from a new Handycam model, the inheritor of the Konica Minolta has also announced the A200, an upgrade to the company's first DSLR, the A100. The DSLR lineup al...

7 January 2008
03:46 GMT

Mozilla: No Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) Beta 1 for You

No Beta 1 of Firefox 3, codenamed Gran Paradiso for you. At least not yet. This is the official position from Mozilla following the release of what was erroneously interpreted as the first fully fledged beta for the next version of its open source browser. The variant of Firefox 3.0 that was made available for downlo...

8 November 2007
02:44 GMT

New Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) Release - Beta Time?

A new release of Firefox 3.0 is just around the corner, and with it, Mozilla could evolve the development process of its next generation of the open source browser from the alpha to the beta stage. Gran Paradiso is currently available for download as an early developer milestone for Firefox 3. In this context, users ...

11 September 2007
05:00 GMT

Sony's Advanced DSLR to Have a 1.25 Crop Factor 14.4 Megapixel CCD

With all the rumors on the new Nikon and Canon DSLRs 'floating' around, you might not remember that Sony is also expected to announce its latest models of digital single lens reflex cameras. Sony first showcased the two models at the PMA 2007 show, but the company's representatives were not allowed (or...

15 August 2007
04:33 GMT

Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 3 Released

The third Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 3 comes with a new kernel, the 2.6.22 mainline (Linus), which has a full range of new features. "The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Sou...

20 July 2007
02:26 GMT

Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 2 Comes with Compiz Fusion

The second Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) has just been made public a few minutes ago. Tribe 2 brings many updated, new, and exciting applications. "The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to...

28 June 2007
09:42 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 5 Released

openSUSE is a community project, sponsored by Novell, and it aims to develop and maintain a general purpose Linux distribution. After taking over SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Professional product as an open source project, involving the community in the development process. The init...

14 June 2007
11:37 GMT

Sneak Peak at Firefox 3.0 Future Graphical User Interface

Microsoft may be dogfooding early alpha versions of Internet Explorer 8.0 due for availability at the end of 2008/the beginning of 2009, but Mozilla is the one making headways on the browser market. On the brink of releasing the next milestone of Firefox 3.0, the open source foundation has taken the lead from Microso...

4 June 2007
05:47 GMT

Welcome to Microsoft Popfly

Popfly is a Microsoft tool dedicated to enabling non-professionals to create and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications. Popfly is currently in Alpha stage and the testing build requires an invitation for access. According to the Redmond Company, the tool is compatible with IE 6, IE 7, or Firefox 2.0, on...

21 May 2007
04:38 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 3 Released

The third alpha of the upcoming openSUSE 10.3 was released for testing today. The most important changes in this release are the GNOME 2.18 and the latest kernel, 2.6.21 RC5.Highlights of this release:■ On x86-64: Firefox is now a 64-bit package and uses nspluginwrapper to handle 32-bit i386 plugins if needed...

12 April 2007
09:30 GMT

Yahoo Debuts Alpha Beta Search Engine

Yahoo recently revealed a new search engine, code name Alpha that is currently in beta stages and is based on an innovative technology for searching the Internet. Alpha was especially designed by Yahoo to represent an alternative to the classic search engine by allowing users to find files on the Internet using the c...

5 April 2007
09:12 GMT


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