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Just for the sake of going back in time, Microsoft is still serving the Release Candidate development milestones of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Both XP SP3 RC1 and XP SP3 RC2 continue to be available for download from the Redmond company's Windows Update servers, even though the actual pages in the Download Cente... |
18 July 2008
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On its official website, Opera describes the latest version of its browser as "beautifully engineered". However, it looks like Opera 9.50 was made available to end users before the cooking process was ready. After the release of the gold version of Opera 9.50 on June 12, 2008, the feedback starting pouring in, and it... |
30 June 2008
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Opera 9.5 was released on June 12, 2008, sporting boosted performance, a brand new graphical user interface, an overhauled address bar, as well as bookmarks, Speed Dial, and Notes synchronization capabilities. Sadly, at the same time, Opera 9.5 brought to the table a series of functionality issues, which prompted cri... |
27 June 2008
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Mozilla has entered the last stage in the development of Firefox 3.0 before it ships the gold version of the browser. The Release Candidate 1 milestone on May 16, 2008, signaled the proximity of Firefox 3.0 to the finish line, and had a chance at being the build which would evolve directly to the RTM phase. Still, en... |
30 May 2008
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Mozilla is urging Firefox users to gear up to push Firefox 3.0 into the Guinness World Record book by making it the most downloaded piece of software in the first 24 hours after launch in history. The D-Day (Download Day 2008) is set to coincide with the official launch of Firefox 3.0. Currently, Mozilla plans to dr... |
29 May 2008
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The final version of Firefox 3.0 is now just weeks away, but Mozilla has one last milestone along the way, namely Release Candidate 2. When Firefox 3.0 RC1 was dropped on May 16, there were indications that, in accordance with tester feedback, the build could have become the gold version of the open source browser. H... |
28 May 2008
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On May 20, 2008 Microsoft made available for download Release Candidate 1 for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The RC1 build was served through the Download Center at that time, although it was packaged as an update for Hyper-V Release Candidate 0. RC1 via Windows Update is distributed automatically as of May 27, but thi... |
28 May 2008
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On May 27, 2008, Mozilla is scheduled to decide whether it will take Firefox 3.0 to Release Candidate 2 stage. Until the end of the past week, the focus was placed on collecting feedback for the current release of the open source browser, namely RC1. Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 went live on May 16, with Mozilla i... |
26 May 2008
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Just a couple of days ago, Mike Shroepfer, Mozilla Vice President of Technology, revealed the roadmap for the open source browser beyond version 3.0. According to Shroepfer, Mozilla plans to make available the final version of Firefox 3.0 by the end of June 2008, and push onward with the development of Firefox 3.1. I... |
22 May 2008
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Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 for Windows Server 2008 is available for download through Windows Update. On May 20, Microsoft started serving the RC1 build of Hyper-V for the latest Windows server operating system via WU. The update is designed for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 and weighs under ... |
20 May 2008
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The wait for Firefox 3.0 is coming to an end, as Mozilla is making headway with the browser's development. After going live with the candidate bits for the RC1 version of Firefox 3.0, Mozilla offered, at the end of the past week, the fully-fledged first Release Candidate for the successor of Firefox 2.0. In acco... |
19 May 2008
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While the wait for the final Firefox 3.0 is still far from over, with the browser needing to continue to bake for approximately one month, the first bits of what could end up as the gold release are already available for download. At this point in time, Mozilla is in the final stages of cooking Firefox 3.0 Release Ca... |
14 May 2008
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Mozilla has made an important step forward toward the finish line for Firefox 3.0, its next generation open source browser. The code for the first Release Candidate of Firefox 3.0 is now complete at over a month since the availability of the previous development milestone of the browser. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 was releas... |
12 May 2008
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The wait for the first release candidate of Firefox 3.0 is far from over. Firefox 3.0 RC1 will be the 14th step in the development process of the next iteration of Mozilla's open source browser, and the successor of Firefox 2.0. At the same time, RC1 will also mark the milestone when Mozilla will scrap the Beta ... |
17 April 2008
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Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 might very well be just around the corner, but it is not out at this point. And with Beta 4 still cooking, Mozilla is now getting ready to put Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 into the oven. That's right, Beta 5. Initially, Mozilla planned to release the next version of its open source browser by the end of... |
5 March 2008
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Microsoft is offering official confirmation of the fact that the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is imminent. Although officially, the Redmond company has not shifted from its initial timetable for the delivery of the service pack, as it is noted by the Windows Service Pack Road Map, pointing to the first qua... |
8 January 2008
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From Windows 95 to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 one item of the Windows operating system is a virtual landmark in the platform's graphical user interface landscape: the Start menu button. From 1995, the release date of Windows 95, and throughout 2006, until November, and then January 2007, th... |
4 January 2008
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Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack. In this context, performing benchmark tests on development milestones of Vista's first refresh are inherent meth... |
27 December 2007
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Mozilla is taking Firefox 3.0, and Firefox 2.0 for that matter, where Microsoft will never dare venture with Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 7 is not even worth mentioning, as the Redmond company is offering end users a virtually inflexible browser. Not the same can be said of Firefox. The extensive customiza... |
17 December 2007
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There are some Windows Vista users looking to the first service pack for the operating system as nothing short of a breath of fresh air. In some cases, Vista has underperformed dramatically, in comparison to the expectations Microsoft has set up for it, and this is the reason why SP1 carries high hopes with it. As of... |
17 December 2007
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The first Release Candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available as a free download from Microsoft. The final SP1 will also be delivered at no extra charge to all Windows Vista users, as it is the practice with service pack releases. But, another tradition over at Microsoft is to time-bomb the testing release... |
13 December 2007
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Do you remember a time when Windows Vista SP1 was not available as a public download? In the pre-Release Candidate Stages of Vista SP1, Microsoft restricted the access to the service pack only to selected testers. In this context, a registry hack emerged, designed to permit the access, downloading and installing of V... |
12 December 2007
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On the same day of the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1, Microsoft made another strategic move designed to signal the imminent death of the service pack. The Redmond company has been constantly pushing to the foreground the Windows Updates infrastructure to the detriment of the... |
12 December 2007
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This is it! And, yes, you have read right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 1 Build 3244 is finally available for download. Microsoft has debuted the testing process of the third and final service pack for Windows XP in mid 2007. Back in July, the first pre-beta version of XP SP3 shipped alongside early b... |
11 December 2007
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The official overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available for download straight from Microsoft. While the Redmond company has been synchronizing the development milestones for Windows Vista SP1: Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn; and Windows XP SP3, the third and final service pack for Vista'... |
11 December 2007
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The first public build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is imminent and is planned by the end of this week. Microsoft has already made available Vista SP1 Release Candidate 1 via Connect, MSDN and TechNet, and is preparing for the next step, opening up the beta testing process to the general public through the Micros... |
11 December 2007
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Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1 is ready for its test drive and is available for download as of December 5th, 2007. This way, Microsoft is one step closer to the official release date of its last 32-bit server operating system. Windows Server 2008 will be officially unveiled on February 27, 2008, in Los Angel... |
6 December 2007
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Microsoft is currently cooking some modifications for the next stage of Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn. In this regard, the company informed that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 will be stripped from Windows Server 2008. Those familiar with the development milestones of Microsoft's last 32-bit ... |
30 October 2007
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As Microsoft made another step forward toward the finalization of its Adobe Flash killer, Silverlight 1.0 Beta is left for dead. As of August 1, 2007, the beta version of Silverlight 1.0 expired. This information was delivered by Microsoft in the product's EULA. But not only Silverlight 1.0 Beta is considered ti... |
2 August 2007
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Microsoft has really lowered its standard when it comes to distributing Windows Home Server copies. As a matter of fact, the Redmond Company has dropped standards altogether and has made Windows Home Server free for all. On June 12 2007, the WSH team announced that they are fast approaching RTM date for the product. ... |
14 June 2007
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It's homeward for Windows Home Server as Microsoft announced that the product has exited beta stage and that the Release Candidate went live. On June 12, 2007, the Redmond Company made available for download the Release Candidate build of Windows Home Server, a product unveiled by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates i... |
13 June 2007
06:11 GMT |
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As the slow death of the pre-Wow Windows Vista variants draws near, Microsoft will begin sending out funeral invitations tomorrow. Towards the end of April 2007, Microsoft informed that, beginning with May 18, Windows Vista beta testers still running the beta 2, release candidate 1 and release candidate 2 versions of... |
17 May 2007
09:01 GMT |
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Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is still available from Microsoft even if it is just one month away from expiration. Microsoft does not seem to be affected by the fact that Vista RC1 is just one month away of sinking into a state of perpetual reboots, separated by a couple of hours and continues to offer the versio... |
3 May 2007
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