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Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 75-Screenshot Gallery

The first public testing milestone of Office 2010 is now available for download, with Microsoft imposing no limitations on the number of users that can grab the bits, or on the period of availability. Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 is offered in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) flavors and can be used until ...

21 November 2009
06:38 GMT

Download SharePoint 2010 Public Beta

Concomitantly with the public availability of Office 2010 Beta 14.0.4536.1000, Microsoft has also widened the testing program for the next generation of SharePoint Server. In this regard, users can not only download the latest iteration of Office 2010 in Beta stage, but also access the first Beta development milesto...

19 November 2009
09:48 GMT

Download Silverlight 4 Beta

Just four months after the introduction of its last release of Silverlight, Microsoft has already kick started the testing of the next iteration of the technology designed as an alternative to Adobe Flash. On the second day at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice presi...

19 November 2009
06:54 GMT

Office 2010 Web Apps Beta Now Available

With the latest development milestone of the next-generation Office System, there’s no longer a gap between the availability of the testing build for the client-side productivity suite and the Cloud-based version of the main components of Office 2010. On November 19th, 2009, the release of Office 2010 Beta Buil...

19 November 2009
05:22 GMT

Download Office 2010 Beta 14.0.4536.1000 and Activation Product Keys

The first Beta Build is the next iteration of the Office System that is now opened to the general public, after being offered to MSND and TechNet subscribers, as well as Microsoft Connect testers. Office 2010 Beta 14.0.4536.1000 public downloads went live on day two of the company’s Professional Developers...

19 November 2009
03:06 GMT

Download Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

A new development milestone of Firefox 3.6 is now available for download as the open source browser makes its way toward the Release Candidate Build, expected to drop later this month. Yesterday, you were able to read right here on Softpedia that the third revision to the Firefox 3.6 Beta was in the final stages of ...

18 November 2009
11:19 GMT

Microsoft Translator Widget and APIs Debut into Beta

Microsoft’s translation technology designed for integration into third-party web properties has evolved into Beta stage. The latest development milestone, announced at TechEd Europe is also synonymous with the Redmond company opening up access to the Microsoft Translator Widget and the Microsoft Translator AJAX...

17 November 2009
09:38 GMT

New Next Gen Windows for Supercomputers Beta Released

Microsoft has made available for download the first Beta build of its next generation of Windows for supercomputers. The Redmond company announced at Supercomputing 2009 the immediate availability of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta, the successor of the pain vanilla Windows HPC Server 2008, as the official moniker im...

17 November 2009
09:03 GMT

Office 2010 Beta Available for Download via MSDN and TechNet

The first fully-fledged Beta Build of Office 2010 is now available for download to subscribers of Microsoft’s developer and IT professional portals. The Redmond company managed to live up to its promise to offer Office 2010 Beta by the end of November 2009, with public availability of the bits expected any day...

17 November 2009
03:05 GMT

Download Office 2010 Beta Soon, Official Website Up and Running

It won’t be long now until Microsoft makes available the public Beta of Office 2010. This, just in case you needed an incentive to steer right clear of the leaked copies of Office 2010 Beta, which have been made available for download in the wild. However, it must be noted that Microsoft has not yet begun to of...

13 November 2009
14:01 GMT

Office 2010 Beta Shipped to Testers, Build 14.0.4514.1009 Already Leaked

Microsoft has started shipping the first official Beta Build of its next iteration of the Office System to testers. The Redmond company is actually sending select participants, in the Office 2010 Beta testing program, the bits for the upcoming development milestone on 2GB USB devices. Michael Reza Aulia, a software R...

13 November 2009
07:56 GMT

Starcraft II Beta Coming in Early 2010

Starcraft II just might be the biggest videogame slated to be released in late 2009, but pushed back into 2010. Activision Blizzard was surely concerned about the fact that the real time strategy sequel, which has been expected by gamers for the better part of a decade, would compete directly for the money of the pla...

13 November 2009
04:33 GMT

Office Starter 2010 Beta Invitations Sent to Testers

Microsoft is wasting little time with the development process of Windows 7. The Redmond-based company is on the verge of giving green light to the first Beta development milestone of Office 2010, and in fact has already started sending out invitations to test-drive the Starter edition of the next iteration of the Off...

12 November 2009
12:48 GMT

Windows 7 Beta Bots Caused the Build 7000 Availability Delay

Microsoft offered the first taste of Windows 7 to the general public at the start of January 2009. But as early adopters that followed closely the development process of Windows Vista’s successor already know, the public release of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 did not go as smooth as initially planned. The Redmond...

12 November 2009
12:40 GMT

1Password 3.0 Beta 85 Saves Application Licenses via Drag & Drop

An update for the popular password manager and form filler, 1Password, is now available from Agile Web Solutions. Exclusively tailored for the Mac, 1Password sports built-in, anti-phishing and keylogger protection. Using 1Password, Mac owners can easily manage hundreds of passwords with a single, master key. “...

12 November 2009
09:01 GMT

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 for Mac OS X

Mozilla has issued a new version of the 3.6 branch of its popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 for Mac OS X is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and us...

11 November 2009
06:34 GMT

Download Firefox 3.6 Beta Refresh

At the start of this week, early adopters of the next iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser have been able to download pre-release variants of an update to the first Beta build of codename Namoroka since the start of this week. Labeled 3.6b2-candidates, the refresh to Firefox 3.6 Beta went live on Monday O...

11 November 2009
03:10 GMT

Office 2010 Public Beta Just Around the Corner

The first public development milestone of Office 2010, coinciding with the first Beta Build, is just around the corner, and could be made available as early as the coming week. Microsoft has started sending notifications to participants in the Office 2010 Click-to-Run Technical Preview, informing them that the testin...

10 November 2009
12:21 GMT

Download Firefox 3.6 Beta Release

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 was made available for download at the end of October 2009, and, immediately after launch, Mozilla indicated that it planned to aggressively update the development build in its race to hit the Release Candidate milestone. On Monday, 9th, 2009, Mozilla made available for download a fresh release of ...

9 November 2009
13:31 GMT

Google Chrome 4.0 Evolves Past Beta, 4.0.237.0 Dev Build Available

 Google is not wasting any time pushing forward the evolution of its open-source browser. In fact, this is somewhat of an understatement for a company that went through three major releases of Chrome in approximately one year since version 1.0 was introduced on the market. Having offered the first beta deve...

9 November 2009
03:32 GMT

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Gets PlayStation 3 Beta on November 19

DICE, as the developer, and Electronic Arts, as the publisher, have announced that they plan to release a multiplayer beta of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 exclusively on the PlayStation 3 home gaming console from Sony starting with November 19.All the players who are interested in getting a place on the beta program an...

6 November 2009
14:01 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta Revision 2 Available for Download Soon

Codename Namoroka graduated from Alpha to Beta stage at the end of October 2009, but Mozilla is not yet done offering Beta downloads of version 3.6. In fact, additional releases of Firefox 3.6 Beta have been planned on the way to the fully fledged RC. Mozilla has already released Revision 1 of Firefox 3.6 codename Na...

6 November 2009
13:30 GMT

Download Adium 1.4 Beta 14 for Mac OS X

Originally developed by Adam Iser, Adium is a popular instant messaging application for Mac OS X supporting most IM protocols available today. The latest (beta) version of the software delivers general fixes and enhancements, as well as an updated Libpurple. Adium combines numerous IM protocols, such as the AOL Inst...

6 November 2009
03:35 GMT

Google Chrome 3.0.195.32 Available for Download

While heavyweight browser makers, such as Microsoft and Mozilla, are taking their time developing new releases, delivering new major versions years apart, Google is by no means pacing itself when it comes down to Chrome. In approximately a year since it introduced that Google Chrome project to the world, the Mountain...

6 November 2009
02:53 GMT

New Opera 10.10 Beta Build Available for Download

While Opera Software has rebalanced its resources moving forward with the evolution of Opera beyond version 10.0, the company has yet to deliver the final release of v10.10. Today, November 5th, 2009, a new development milestone of Opera 10.10 with Unite has been made available for download. For the time being, Opera...

5 November 2009
10:24 GMT

Build Opera 10.10 Unite Beta Apps and Win Prizes

When it first unveiled Opera Unite in mid-2009, Opera Software stressed the fact that it had positioned the plain vanilla Opera spin-off as a platform in itself, rather than as a simple browser. In this regard, the Norway-based browser maker released not just Opera Unite, but also the necessary development tools desi...

4 November 2009
06:06 GMT

New 1Password 3.0 Beta Available - Download Here

Agile Web Solutions claims 1Password 3 is the biggest upgrade in the program’s history. The new version is still in beta, but adds many new features and enhancements. Version 3.0.0.BETA-83 (build 30083) is now available for download to all existing users, as well as newcomers. “This is a beta so you shou...

4 November 2009
04:42 GMT

Download Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Symbian

Norwegian company Opera Software announced today the launch of the beta flavor of its Opera Mobile 10 browser solution for Symbian-powered mobile phones. According to the maker, the fresh version of the browser comes around with a sleek design, also introduced with the newly released Opera Mini 5 beta.The new look of...

3 November 2009
06:07 GMT

Download Google Chrome 4.0 Beta - 400% More Performance over v1.0

A new release of Google Chrome 4.0 is now available for download, full build string 4.0.223.16. Loyal to a Cloud-tailored mantra of simplicity and performance, Google has kicked up a notch its open source browser, revealing the first Beta development milestone of version 4.0. Ahead of the November 2nd launch of Googl...

3 November 2009
02:34 GMT

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6b1 for Mac OS X

The people at Mozilla have released a new version of their popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Although still in beta, Firefox 3.6 (revision 1) is the latest development milestone of the next version of the Firefox web browser, and is considered to be stable and safe to use for daily web browsing.Mozilla does note,...

31 October 2009
05:16 GMT

Download Firefox 3.6 Beta for Windows 7

The first fully-fledged Beta development milestone of the next generation of Mozilla’s open source browser is currently available for download. Testers and early adopters that have been waiting for Firefox 3.6, codenamed Namoroka, to evolve from Alpha stage are now free to access, download, install and start te...

31 October 2009
04:31 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta Delayed

No doubt some testers and early adopters are scratching their heads and asking themselves why aren’t they running the fully fledged Beta of Firefox 3.6 yet. And fact is that Mozilla was supposed to already be serving the Firefox 3.6 Beta bits to participants in the testing program worldwide. Obviously, this is ...

29 October 2009
13:22 GMT

1Password 3 Adds Tons of New Stuff for Mac Users

“From a completely redesigned interface, to support for file attachments, and the ability to view your keychain from almost any computer, 1Password 3 is our most significant upgrade in company history,” a message on the official Agile Web Solutions site reads. The company encourages users and newcomers al...

29 October 2009
07:22 GMT

Download Firefox 3.5.4 and Firefox 3.0.15

End users will still have to exercise their patience when it comes down to downloading, installing and test driving the latest development milestone for the next iteration of the Mozilla open-source browser, but in the meantime they can keep busy with two updates offered for older versions. Firefox 3.5.4 and 3.0.15 a...

28 October 2009
05:42 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta Available for Download Tomorrow, October 28

The wait for the first Beta build of Firefox 3.6 is over. Mozilla has confirmed officially that it will push Firefox 3.6 out of Alpha and into Beta tomorrow, October 28th, 2009. In this regard, the successor of Firefox 3.5 advances to the next step in its evolution, although the beta stage should have come earlier ac...

27 October 2009
12:16 GMT

Office 2010 Technical Preview Shutting Down

Microsoft debuted the first testing phase of the Office 2010 System for users outside of Redmond on July 13th, 2009, and is closing in on the deadline at which it will shut down the Technical Preview program. The past week, I along with additional members of the Office 2010 Technical Preview program received emails i...

26 October 2009
07:58 GMT

Bing Twitter Symbiosis Now Live

Bing is growing, and in more directions than one. The latest evolutionary step for Microsoft’s search/decision engine involves embracing the “real time” components of the web. “Real time “ has always been an elusive goal for search engines, at least until Twitter came along. Suddenly, th...

22 October 2009
11:06 GMT

SharePoint Server 2010 Public Beta in November

SharePoint Server 2010 is not only the biggest release of the product to date, but also the most important version since introduction, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer opined at the company’s SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas. Microsoft announced that the general public would be able to get...

20 October 2009
06:49 GMT

Office 2010 Public Beta Available for Download in November

Microsoft is gearing up toward the release of the first public testing Build of the next iteration of the Office System. The Redmond company confirmed officially, at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas, that it would start offering public downloads of Office 2010 Beta as early as next month. Come November 200...

20 October 2009
03:20 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 RTM Upgrade Tool

The last stage of the Windows 7 launch, general availability, is now just three days away. Come October 22nd 2009, Microsoft will reboot the Windows client, and for customers who are looking to upgrade the company is offering a tool designed to assess their Windows 7 readiness. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor is a name tha...

19 October 2009
03:02 GMT

Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4514.1009 Leaked and Available for Download

A new development milestone of the next iteration of the Office System has made it into the wild and is now available for download via various illegal third-party sources including torrent trackers. Microsoft has kept the development of Office 2010 under a tight lid since it released the Technical Preview of the prod...

16 October 2009
10:46 GMT

Bing Translator Widget Adds No Load on Websites

Website owners and administrators with an international audience looking to provide a translated version of the content available without penalizing the performance of their sites can turn to the Bing Translator Widget. Built on top of the machine translation technology developed by the Microsoft Research Translator ...

16 October 2009
07:24 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta Tailored to Windows 7’s Windows Aero GUI

The upcoming development milestone of Firefox 3.6 is a clear indication that Mozilla is tailoring the next iteration of the open source browser to Windows 7. Released to manufacturing on July 22, Windows 7 is heading for General Availability next week, on October 22. By the time Windows 7 hits the shelves, Mozilla wi...

15 October 2009
14:31 GMT

Download Free IIS 7.5 Application Warm-Up for Windows 7

While there is no universal panacea for sluggish websites, Microsoft does offer a free tool designed to boost the responsiveness of sites leveraging Internet Information Services 7.5. With the release of Application Warm-Up for IIS 7.5, the Redmond company enables admins to boost website speed by ensuring that all we...

15 October 2009
07:52 GMT

Star Trek Online Runs on Consoles Right Now

The idea that gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony are the mediums that MMOs will conquer next has been around for some years but while multiplayer-oriented gaming has been on the rise on those platforms, no MMO managed to really gain traction on devices that are dominated ...

14 October 2009
13:51 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Candidates Now Available for Download

Mozilla is starting to deliver the first taste of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1. Build 1 of the development milestone is now available for download via the Mozilla FTP servers, but be warned it is nothing more than a nightly build. This means that it is not the fully fledged Beta of Firefox 3.6 that was initially expected this ...

14 October 2009
12:57 GMT

Download Opera 10.10 Beta

At over a month since the release to web of version 10.0 of its proprietary browser, Opera Software is already offering the Beta Build of the next iteration of Opera, pushed to v10.10. Promising that end users have never experienced the Web the way that they will with Opera 10.10 Beta, the Norway-based browser maker ...

14 October 2009
04:55 GMT

System Center Online Desktop Manager Beta 2 Coming This Fall

Microsoft is accepting participation requests in the testing program for the second beta build of System Center Online Desktop Manager. The registration process was kicked off in September 2009 and continues to be live even at this point in time. The upcoming development milestone of System Center Online Desktop Mana...

14 October 2009
04:27 GMT

Download IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit Beta 1

Concomitantly with the general availability of IIS Media Services 3.0, Microsoft has also started offering for download a testing version of IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit 1.0. Live on the Microsoft Download Center since October 12th, 2009. Beta 1 of IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit is designe...

13 October 2009
07:29 GMT

Updated .NET Micro Framework 4.0 Beta Available

Developers focusing on resource-constrained devices now have a fresh build of the next generation of the .NET Micro Framework 4.0 available for download. At the start of this week, the Redmond company started offering testers and early adopters an update version of the Beta development milestone of .NET Micro Framewo...

13 October 2009
05:28 GMT


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