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Microsoft has just reached a new milestone in the evolution of its SQL Server 2012 with the availability of an RC0 flavor, bringing customers and partners one step closer to the full value of SQL Server 2012. The new RC0 version of SQL Server 2012 replaces the Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3 that was made avai... |
18 November 2011
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Firefox 7 Final is now less than a week away, but there’s already a near-complete release of the next iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser available for download. The last Beta Build of Firefox 7 is also the Release Candidate development milestone which testers have already been able to grab for a ... |
22 September 2011
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to launch the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 on February 10, 2011. The Redmond company has yet to confirm this officially, but members of the press (via Ed Bott) were already sent invites to an event in San Francisco, which conspicuously points to the imminent availabilit... |
28 January 2011
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I did say that Internet Explorer 9 was THE Beta to try in 2010, and it appears that quite a lot of users agreed with me, since the mid-September 2010 release passed the 20 million downloads milestone in the three and a half months since it was launched. Microsoft shared the new statistics with the public at the star... |
3 January 2011
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Microsoft is right on track to release Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 to manufacturing by the end of this year. But while the company is working to wrap up FEP 2010, customers can already play with a near final release of the security solution. At TechEd 2010 Europe, Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President... |
9 November 2010
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Internet Explorer 9 is almost done. The next release of the browser will also be synonymous with the final development milestone ahead of IE9 RTW (released to web). Having offered IE9 Beta on September 15th, 2010, and IE9 Platform Preview 6 yesterday on the first day of the Professional Developers Conference 2010 (P... |
29 October 2010
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Microsoft made available for download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) Build 6.1.7601.17105.100929-1730 and I thought I’d put together a small list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers for testers. 1. What are the languages supported with Windows 7 SP1 RC?Just as for the Beta, W... |
27 October 2010
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The first Release Candidate of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been leaked and is now available for download in the wild from various illegal third-party sources including BitTorrent trackers. According to Wzor, Microsoft has wrapped up Windows 7 SP1 RC, a detail which the Redmond company has yet to confirm or de... |
25 October 2010
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After some details were made public on an interim Build of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC), the actual bits have now been leaked in the wild, reportedly. Various Chinese websites, including CNBeta are reporting that Build 6.1.7601.17104 has been leaked and is available for download. According ... |
15 October 2010
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If all goes according to plan, Firefox 4.0 Beta 7 could be made available for download by the end of October 2010. Today it’s exactly one week since Mozilla delivered the last Beta development milestone of the next generation of its browser. With the Firefox 4.0 project, Mozilla was hoping to deliver Beta Bui... |
14 October 2010
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Microsoft has reportedly produced the Escrow Build of the first Release Candidate for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and provided the bits for testing to a select pool of testers. Following the release of Windows 7 SP1 Beta in July 2010, the software giant has been less chatty about the first upgrade for the latest iterat... |
6 October 2010
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A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the Release Candidate (RC) version of the up-coming Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system, due for release in October 10th, 2010. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 10.10... |
30 September 2010
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Microsoft is nearing the final phase of development for its next generation Office Communications Server (OCS) product. The start of this week is synonymous with the availability of the Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of Microsoft Codename Communications Server '14,' the successor of Office Co... |
13 September 2010
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Opera Software is working on the next update to the stable version of its browser, and hit an important milestone for the upcoming version 10.60 refresh. Early adopters can now download and test drive the Release Candidate (RC) development snapshot of Opera 10.62, an update to version 10.61. Users should however ke... |
3 September 2010
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Microsoft is making headway toward the RTM of Windows Live Essentials 2011 / Wave 4. And the Redmond company is reportedly gearing up to release a new development milestone following the two Beta Builds it has already provided to early adopters for testing. Before it can be released to manufacturing, Windows Live Es... |
3 September 2010
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Mozilla continues to hammer away at the third update for Firefox 3.6. A new nightly build of Firefox 3.6.4 is now available for download, even after the first Release Candidate for the update was offered to early adopters. It appears that Mozilla still has to fine-tune Firefox 3.6.4, which, two and a half months afte... |
15 June 2010
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It took just one day for Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 to turn from genuine to pirated. As of June 1st, 2010, the RC development milestone of Windows 7 has entered the final stage of its expiration process. Early adopters still running Build 7100 of Windows Vista’s successor will notice that Windows 7 ... |
1 June 2010
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As Microsoft’s latest Windows client is evolving toward the first major upgrade, the last pre-release Build of the operating system will expire next week. Come June 1st, 2010, Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 will be completely killed off. Early adopters that followed the development process of Windows Vi... |
29 May 2010
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The Release Candidate build of VLC 1.1.0 is now available for download for users of Windows operating systems, including Windows 7. When offering the new RC Build of VLC Media Player 1.1.0, VideoLAN boasted a range of enhancements from performance to additional codec support, but also bug fixes, stability and reliabi... |
28 May 2010
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The first Release Candidate bits of Windows Server AppFabric are now available for download and testing, having been released on May 20, 2010. According to Microsoft, early adopters won’t get that much time to play around with the Windows Server AppFabric RC, as the company is gearing up to release the product ... |
21 May 2010
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The next major iteration of Firefox will be offered to customers by the end of 2010, Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox, promises. Beltzner presented an early product plan for Firefox 4 to the Mozilla community on May 10th, a presentation for which users got a heads-up right here on Softpedia. Mozilla ... |
11 May 2010
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Version 2.1 of the Integration Services Microsoft is offering for the open source Linux operating system is extremely close to finalization. On May 5th, 2010, the Redmond company started offering Linux Integration Services v2.1 Release Candidate to early adopters running mixed source environments. The RC development ... |
6 May 2010
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On the heels of Visual Studio 2010 RTM, .NET Framework 4 RTM and Silverlight 4 RTW, Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate of Expression Blend 4. Just ten days later, an updated version of Expression Blend 4 RC has been released to the Microsoft Download Center, as the Redmond company worked to r... |
27 April 2010
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Time is running out for the Release Candidate of Windows 7. Come April 23, 2010, Build 7100 will be just one month and seven days away from the last stage of expiration, which will end up rendering the operating system useless. Starting on June 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC will behave in the same manner as any non-genuine c... |
22 April 2010
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The next update to Opera 10.50 is now one step closer to general availability. Opera Software has made available for download a Release Candidate build of Opera 10.52, indicating that it is on the verge of wrapping up development, and going live with the final bits. At this point in time, the Norwegian browser marker... |
20 April 2010
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Developers that use Expression Blend to build applications and services employing Silverlight and the .NET Framework, now have a new release at their disposal. Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate (RC) has been up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center since April 14th, in concert with the .NET Framework 4 RTM a... |
19 April 2010
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With the first wave of the Office 2010 launch now on the horizon, Microsoft is gearing up to shut down the testing program that helped build the next iteration of the Office System. Early adopters involved in the Beta of Office 2010 are receiving email messages, informing them that the program will close at the end o... |
6 April 2010
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As Silverlight 4 was pushed from Beta to Release Candidate stage, Microsoft also made available adjacent developer resources, including a new version of WCF RIA Services. And because it is accompanying the RC of Silverlight 4, Windows Communication Foundation is also available as an RC build, Nicholas Allen, a progra... |
24 March 2010
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At the end of January 2010, Microsoft released a new application for Facebook based on the Beta development milestone of Silverlight 4. Users that have downloaded and installed the first version of Silverlight Client for Facebook now have an update available, as the Silverlight Client for Facebook was refreshed in ac... |
23 March 2010
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Microsoft has updated a collection of virtual hard disks designed to help early adopters test Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. The refresh comes on the heels of the latest development milestone of Visual Studio 2010, namely the Release Candidate Build. This is, in fact, the very scope of the update... |
22 March 2010
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Microsoft has made available a new release of Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010. MIX10 brought with it a new development milestone of the Redmond company’s alternative to Adobe Flash. Silverlight 4 reached the Release Candidate stage the past week, and developers got a new Build designed to allow them ... |
22 March 2010
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In the fall of 2007, Microsoft was introducing a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in designed to be the source of new, rich online user experiences. Fast-forward a little over two years and Silverlight is at the top of its game with uptake stronger than ever. During his keynote address at MIX10 this year, Scott Gut... |
19 March 2010
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Concomitantly with the availability of the Silverlight 4 Release Candidate, Microsoft also provided developers with the necessary tools to start adapting content for the next version of the company’s alternative to Adobe Flash. In addition to the near-final Silverlight 4 bits, devs can also grab the Release Can... |
18 March 2010
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On the first day of MIX10, Microsoft made available for download the first and, what appears to be also the only, Release Candidate of Silverlight 4. Concomitantly with the new development milestone, which continues to be focused exclusively on offering developers a chance at adapting content for the imminent RTW dea... |
17 March 2010
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Four months after the unveiling of the developer Beta Build of Silverlight 4, Microsoft has made available for download the Release Candidate bits for the next generation of its alternative to Adobe Flash. During the opening keynote address at MIX10, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, .NET Developer Platform, a... |
16 March 2010
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The first update for the latest version of Opera is just around the corner. Early adopters can now download the first Release Candidate of Opera 10.51, but only if they are running Windows. An RC Build was not offered for testers running Opera 10.51 on either Linux or Mac OS X. In fact, Opera Software continues on th... |
15 March 2010
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Microsoft is gearing up to finalize the next iteration of the Office productivity suite. While the Redmond company has yet to make public the release to manufacturing date for Office 2010, the General Availability deadlines for the product have already been decided. Jevon Fark, senior marketing manager, Microsoft Off... |
8 March 2010
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No less than three Release Candidate builds of Opera 10.50 were made available to testers in just the past two days. At the time of this article, early adopters are free to grab the third RC development snapshot of the next iteration of Opera. Released today, March 1st, 2010, Opera 10.50 RC3 Build 3293 is an illustra... |
1 March 2010
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With its next iteration of development platforms and tools, Microsoft is truly offering developers the necessary resources to streamline the building of parallel applications. In addition to Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, the Redmond company also has a range of additional resources set up to support paralle... |
19 February 2010
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Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 has been updated to Release Candidate stage along with the rest of Microsoft’s developer platform and tools. Early adopters were offered Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 in 2009, and allowed to test the integrated solution, set up to streamline virtualization for application l... |
17 February 2010
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The proverbial free ride for Windows 7 is not over just yet, but it is certainly coming to an end. In less than half a month, the Release Candidate build of Windows 7 will start its expiration process. Early adopters still running Build 7100 of Windows 7 will start seeing notifications informing them of the impending... |
16 February 2010
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The Release Candidate development milestone of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 offers an excellent change for developers to try out the successors of VS 2008 and .NET 3.5, just ahead of RTM. Testing the next generation Microsoft developer platform and tools involves more than just the desktop, and there are o... |
16 February 2010
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Microsoft has updated the tool designed to allow developers to perform Model-Based Testing in concert with the company’s development platform. Spec Explorer 2010 is now available for free via the Microsoft Download Center, and can be integrated with the latest milestone of Visual Studio 2010. Essentially, Spec ... |
16 February 2010
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At a few months short of a year since Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 was offered to testers, Microsoft has produced a new RC development milestone of the operating system and is serving it to early adopters. Only that at approximately four months since Windows Vista’s successor hit store shelves, the la... |
16 February 2010
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Windows operating systems (Windows 7 included) are not the only Microsoft products receiving stability and performance improvements before the RTM and GA deadlines. The Redmond company has made available an update designed to kick up a notch two components of the Beta development milestone of Office 2010, namely Wor... |
15 February 2010
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With the availability of the Release Candidate builds for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, Microsoft has also started to update the resources offered alongside the next iteration of its development platform and tools. Developers testing the RC development milestone of the two technologies can now access train... |
15 February 2010
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The Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 is now one step closer to the final release. The past week, early adopters were given green light to access the Release Candidate Build of Data Protection Manager 2010 via Microsoft Connect. According to the Redmond company, the latest development milestone of ... |
15 February 2010
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Office 2010 Release Candidate Build 14.0.4734.1000 follows Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 and the Technical Preview development milestones offered in 2009. The first build of Office 2010 this year signals the fact that Microsoft is approaching the finishing line with its next generation of the productivity suite. Third-pa... |
13 February 2010
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Having hit the last major milestone on the way to RTM (release to manufacturing), new testing versions of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 are now available for download. No less than three flavors of Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate (RC) have been made available to the public through the Microsoft Downloa... |
11 February 2010
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Microsoft has reached the final development milestone of the next iteration of the .NET Framework ahead of RTM. At the start of this week, the Redmond company made available for download Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4 RC to MSDN subscribers. As of February 10, 2010, the Release candidate Builds for both V... |
11 February 2010
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