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Download Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 2

The second Beta development milestone of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 is now available for download. Early adopters interested in testing the technology need to join the MDT 2012 Beta program on Microsoft Connect. MDT is a product of the Solution Accelerators team, with the software giant looking to ensure that ...

11 November 2011
08:21 GMT

Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2 Coming Right Up

November 4, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of Kinect for Xbox 360, and as a part of the celebration, Microsoft is kicking Kinect for Windows up a notch. Craig Eisler, general manager, Kinect for Windows, reveals that the Redmond company is gearing up to release the second Beta development milestone for the Kinec...

4 November 2011
09:55 GMT

LINQ to HPC Beta 2 for HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP2 Released

The second beta development milestone of LINQ to HPC is available for download and testing to early adopters. The release comes on the heels of HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2), but this is no coincidence, since HPC Pack 2008 R2 SP2 is required in order to run LINQ to HPC Beta 2, according to Microsoft&rsqu...

11 July 2011
08:03 GMT

Download System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 VHD

Microsoft is making it easier for early adopters to take an early development milestone of the next generation of System Center Configuration Manager out for a spin. The software giant released System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 in March 2011, and is now serving testers a Virtual Hard Disk image of the ...

13 June 2011
06:53 GMT

Mandriva 2011 Beta 2 Switches to LibreOffice 3.3

Mandriva, through Eugeni Dodonov, announced a couple of days ago, April 18th, the immediate availability for testing of the second and last Beta version of the upcoming Mandriva 2011 Linux operating system. This version is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures (see download link at the end of the article...

20 April 2011
03:03 GMT

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 Is Available for Download

A few minutes ago, the second and last Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system was made available for testing by the Ubuntu developers. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 11.04 development cycle. What'...

14 April 2011
08:40 GMT

Download System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2

Microsoft is sharing development milestone of the next major iteration of System Center with early adopters. The Microsoft Management Summit was used as the stage for the introduction of the Beta Build of two System Center 2012 components. I already told you about System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Beta and...

24 March 2011
07:46 GMT

Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 Available for MSDN Subscribers

Announced over a week ago, the second Beta development milestone of Visual Studio LightSwitch is now available for download. Microsoft is currently offering Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 only to MSDN subscribers, with downloads live as of March 15th, 2011. However, starting on March 17th, the software giant will...

16 March 2011
09:12 GMT

100,000 Downloads Later, Visual Studio LightSwitch Reaches Beta 2

Service Pack 1 RTM is only one of the enhancements that Microsoft will be providing to developers leveraging Visual Studio 2010 starting today, March 8th, 2010. According to S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Developer Division, devs which are also MSDN subscribers will be able to sign into their accounts later to...

8 March 2011
05:40 GMT

Ubuntu 11.04 Release Schedule Changed

Ubuntu release team, through Kate Stewart, announced today (February 11th) that the release schedule for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system has been changed. Therefore, there will be no Release Candidate version! It was replaced with a Beta 2 release, scheduled for April 14th, 2011.Ubuntu 11.0...

11 February 2011
02:38 GMT

WebMatrix Beta 2 Available for Download

With the second Beta of WebMatrix now available for download, Microsoft is pushing web development on top of Windows forward. When it was initially introduced this summer, WebMatrix was advertised as a solution designed to simplify the process associated with building and deploying websites using the Windows platfor...

7 October 2010
09:32 GMT

Download Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta 2 for Symbian

A new version of the Opera Mobile browser is now available for download for users of a handset running under the Symbian operating system, namely Opera Mobile 10.1 beta 2.According to the Norwegian software company Opera Software, the new release comes with a nice range of enhancements and novelties, though it also ...

29 September 2010
09:01 GMT

Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 Beta 2 Coming Soon

Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to release another Beta development milestone for Windows Live Messenger Wave 4. Of course, any upcoming testing releases for the next generation of its instant messaging client would have to be accompanied by the rest of the Windows Live Essentials suite. The Redmond company has y...

12 August 2010
11:14 GMT

Access Windows Intune Beta 2 - Beta 1 Dies Today

Microsoft is advising early adopters that are currently testing Windows Intune to make sure they’re focusing on the second Beta release. This because the first Beta of Intune is scheduled to expire today, August 9th, leaving testers with Beta 2 as the only option if they are to continue testing the new PC secur...

9 August 2010
07:03 GMT

Firefox 4.0 Tabs Evolution

Browser Tabs are among the elements of Firefox the most impacted by the evolution to version 4.0. There has to be little doubt about this, especially after the advent of Firefox 4.0 Beta 2. The previous Beta of the next iteration of the open source browser introduced a range of changes, which continued with additiona...

28 July 2010
10:50 GMT

Download Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 with Evolved UI and New Features

While the second Beta development milestone of Firefox 4.0 doesn’t bring to the table changes on the same radical level as the first Beta, it does introduce a range of modifications to the user interface and a few new features. This is of course, part of the natural process of development. And although no aspec...

28 July 2010
02:25 GMT

Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 Suffers Small Delay

The plan was for the second Beta development milestone of Firefox 4.0 to have already been release by the start of this week at the very latest, although the company was trying to do it even earlier. Obviously, Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 is not here. However, early adopters should know that the browser release is still, jus...

27 July 2010
07:45 GMT

Download Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 Soon, Firefox 4.0 Beta 3 in August

Mozilla is gearing up to release the second Beta development milestone of the next iteration of its open source browser. Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 has already reached code freeze, and right on time, at least according to Mozilla’s schedule. This is nothing short of excellent news, and it means that early adopters will...

21 July 2010
12:33 GMT

64-bit (x64) Firefox 4.0 pre-Beta 2 for Windows 7

Mozilla is building different flavors of the next iteration of its open source browser, offering both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) builds for testing. At the end of the past week, Mozilla’s Armen Zambrano Gasparnian revealed that the company was producing the 64-bit builds of Firefox 4.0 for Windows. At this p...

19 July 2010
12:50 GMT

Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 Coming Soon

Mozilla has already moved past the first Beta Build of Firefox 4.0, and is cooking the next development milestone. And it appears that early adopters currently running Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 could very well upgrade to Beta 2 by the end of July 2010. Of course, nothing is set in stone at this point in time, let alone the ...

14 July 2010
12:13 GMT

KDE SC 4.5.0 Beta 2 Available for Testing

The second beta release of the upcoming KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.5.0 was announced last evening, June 9th, by the KDE developers. Dubbed Cake, KDE SC 4.5.0 Beta 2 fixes over 1,600 bugs since the first beta release. KDE Software Compilation 4.5 is composed of the KDE Plasma Workspace, the KDE Applications a...

10 June 2010
03:32 GMT

Download Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Beta 2

The second Beta development milestone of Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 is now available for download. The Redmond company is offering the MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 2 bits through Microsoft Connect, just as it did with the first Beta, which was introduced at the start of October 2009. According to the softw...

26 May 2010
12:22 GMT

Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 for .NET Framework 4 RTM

Microsoft has refreshed the second Beta development milestone of Windows Server AppFabric, in order to tailor the release to the latest iteration of its development platform and tools. Appropriately labeled, Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Refresh, the technology follows the RTM of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framewo...

26 April 2010
05:44 GMT

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 Has GNOME 2.30 and Revamped Installer

A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the second and final Beta release of the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, due for launch at the end of this month. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 10.04 L...

8 April 2010
15:21 GMT

Beta 2 of Windows for Supercomputers (HPC Server 2008 R2) Released

A new major development milestone of the next iteration of Microsoft’s Windows for supercomputers is now available for download. Early adopters interested in test-driving the latest build of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 need to join the Beta program on Microsoft Connect. This is the second Beta of Windows HPC Ser...

8 April 2010
10:24 GMT

Windows Server AppFabric Over 8,000 Downloads

Yesterday, I was telling you that the second Beta of Windows Server AppFabric was available for download. After the bits went live on the Microsoft Download Center, the Redmond company provided additional details related to the most recent development milestone, as well as the technology’s future. According to ...

2 March 2010
07:35 GMT

Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Released

Microsoft has made available for download the second Beta development milestone of Windows Server AppFabric. Designed to allow developers to expand their applications into the Cloud, Windows Server AppFabric brings to the table a collection of integrated technologies aimed at companies that are currently leveraging I...

1 March 2010
04:06 GMT

Download Opera 10.50 Beta 2 for Windows 7

At less than two weeks since the delivery of the first Beta development milestone for Opera 10.50, the second Beta snapshot is now available for download. Today, February 24, 2010, Opera Software started offering early adopters Opera 10.50 Beta 2 for Windows. As was the case since early on in the development process ...

24 February 2010
08:12 GMT

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Available on Windows Update

Microsoft is currently testing the distribution of a key component belonging to its next generation development platform and tools through Windows Update. In the coming weeks, early adopters will be able to grab the second Beta development milestone not only as a standalone download but also through Windows Update. T...

19 January 2010
07:29 GMT

Download Free IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit Beta 2

Content providers interested in leveraging Silverlight in tandem with Internet Information Services in order to provide media experiences for customers can now take advantage of an updated development kit for IIS Smooth Streaming. Today, January 15th, 2010, the second beta development milestone of Beta IIS Smooth Str...

15 January 2010
06:34 GMT

Download Updated Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

Microsoft has updated the resources designed to allow early adopters leveraging the next generation of its development platform and tools to embrace the upcoming technologies. In this regard, Beta testers running the pre-release Builds of Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4, can now download the free Training Kit...

12 January 2010
05:40 GMT

Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 Myth Busting Matrix

Taking advantage of Microsoft’s development platform and tools will soon enough mean that developers will need to choose between either running older releases or jumping to the next generation of products offered by the company. In this regard, Microsoft wants undecided customers to take an informed decision wh...

7 January 2010
06:25 GMT

.NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Migration Issues List Available

At over seven months since it provided the first compatibility info resource for the next iteration of the .Net Framework, Microsoft is making available for download a list featuring known migration issues in the Beta 2 development milestone of the technology. Compatibility information related to .NET Framework 4 is ...

6 January 2010
05:09 GMT

Download Windows CardSpace 2.0 Beta 2 Refresh

Earlier this month Microsoft made available for download updated variants of its federated identity product, releasing additional development milestones for early adopters. Those interested in the Redmond company’s federated identity solutions have already been able to read on Softpedia details about the evolu...

30 December 2009
04:07 GMT

Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Available

Developers looking to start building code with the next generation of Silverlight and Visual Studio can leverage a free download offered by Microsoft, bridging the two products. Essentially, the Redmond company is offering an add-on for the second beta development milestone of Visual Studio 2010 that, along with the ...

29 December 2009
04:05 GMT

Free Virtualized Visual Studio 2010 Beta Images Available for Download

Microsoft isn’t exactly done with the delivery of the second Beta build for its next generation development platform and tools. In this regard, the Redmond company has now made available for download new Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 releases packaged as images designed to run inside virtual machines. Customers lo...

28 December 2009
07:02 GMT

New Features Added to Opera Mobile 10

Oslo, Norway-based software company Opera Software announced on Monday that it made new improvements to its Opera Mobile 10 browser available for handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system or under the Symbian S60 platform. The new enhancements come in the form of an upgrade for the late...

22 December 2009
02:50 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 RTM and .NET 4 RTM Delayed, RC Coming in February 2010

Microsoft is currently hammering away at the next iteration of its development platform and tools, but it looks like the company will miss the initially announced launch deadline due to performance issues it needs to fix. The Redmond company was set to launch Visual Studio 2010 RTM and .NET Framework 4 RTM on March 2...

18 December 2009
08:55 GMT

Access Free Parallel Computing Developer Learning Center on MSDN

Developers looking to take advantage of all the horsepower that modern computing architectures have to offer will need to build their software in accordance with parallelism principles. However, devs also know that leveraging parallel computing in mainstream development hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park, ...

10 December 2009
08:01 GMT

Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 See Updated Beta Flavors

Norwegian software company Opera Software announced today the release of new beta versions of its mobile Internet browsers, Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. Both of the new versions are available for download for free and are said to deliver to mobile phone users the same experience that the desktop flavor of Opera...

2 December 2009
08:16 GMT

WCF RIA Services Preview for Silverlight 4 Beta Available

 Microsoft has new releases of the RIA Services available for developers targeting Silverlight 3 or the recently released Silverlight 4 Beta. Of course that following the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft’s Rich Internet Application Services have been rebranded as ...

25 November 2009
06:47 GMT

Download Visual Studio Team Lab Management 2010 Beta 2

Microsoft has made available for download a new component of its next generation development platform as an integral part of the Beta 2 wave of releases. In this regard, early adopters can not only grab Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, but also the second Beta for Visual Studio Team System 2010 ...

6 November 2009
07:54 GMT

Download .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 WCF and WF Samples

Following the release of the second Beta development milestone for .NET Framework 4 Microsoft has made available for download the samples that have suffered modifications or that are entirely new, keeping up the pace with the evolution of .NET. The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundatio...

27 October 2009
11:14 GMT

Download .NET Framework 4 Beta 2

Microsoft has opened access to the second Beta development milestone of the next iteration of .NET to the general public. After it was released initially only to MSDN subscribers, .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 is currently up for grabs for all users and developers, independent of an MSDN subscription. .NET Framework 4 Beta...

26 October 2009
11:11 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Public Downloads

One day ahead of the General Availability of Windows 7, Microsoft opened up the testing program for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Initially introduced at the start of this week to MSDN subscribers, the second Beta development milestone for Visual Studio 2010 is now available for download even for devs without an MSDN su...

22 October 2009
12:39 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 2 Released

Microsoft started shipping the second Beta development milestone of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 at the start of this week. At that time the Redmond company offered Beta 2 for the next iterations of Visual Studio and .NET Framework only to MSDN subscribers, but it opened up access to the general public. ...

22 October 2009
06:18 GMT

Training Kit for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Available

Microsoft has updated not only the actual bits for its next iteration of development platform and tools, but also the resources offered for Visual Studio Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2. Just one day after the second Beta Build of Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4 went to MSDN subscribers, the Redmond compan...

21 October 2009
08:24 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 with Go-Live Licenses

Microsoft started rolling out the second beta development milestone of Visual Studio 2010 and.NET Framework 4 on October 19th, 2009. For the time being, Beta 2 of the company’s development platform and tools is available exclusively to MSDN subscribers, but the company will soon open up access to testers outsid...

20 October 2009
07:26 GMT

Download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 on October 19, RTM on March 22, 2010

The second Beta for the Redmond company’s development platform and tools is going to become available for download today, October 19th, 2009. Microsoft revealed that MSDN subscribers would be the first to get their hands on Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2. Just as it was the case with the ...

19 October 2009
10:58 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


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