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Microsoft is making headway toward having two versions of Windows for supercomputers available on the market. The Redmond giant is already offering Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and the Release Candidate 2 build of Windows HPC Server 2008, but the company is gearing up to go gold with its latest iteration of th... |
22 September 2008
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Opera 9.5 beat both Firefox 3.0 and certainly Internet Explorer 8 to the market, as it was launched officially on June 12, 2008. Then at the start of July hot on the heels of the final release of version 9.5, Opera 9.51 was released. On top of the security issues it was designed to resolve, v9.51 was focused on the s... |
15 August 2008
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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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The wait for Firefox 3.0 is nearly over. In less than a week, Mozilla will make available the successor of Firefox 2.0. The final version of Firefox 3.0 will be made available on June 17, 2008. On June 11, following the launch of Release Candidate 3 for Firefox 3.0, Mike Beltzner, User Experience Lead informed that M... |
12 June 2008
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Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 3 is now available for download. With this release, Mozilla inches closer to the availability of the final version of Firefox 3.0. The RC3 build really managed to come out of nowhere, as the initial plan was to shoot directly for the gold release from RC2. In fact, Mozilla has managed to... |
11 June 2008
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According to the initial plans regarding the evolution of version 3.0 of its open source browser, there was supposed to be no pit stop between Release Candidate 2 and the final build. And the fact of the matter is that as far as the Windows and Linux platforms are concerned this is the case. Mac OS X, however, is the... |
10 June 2008
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While Firefox 3.0 is so close you can actually taste it, the wait is not yet over. Sure enough, the pre-release versions of the next iteration of the open source browser are up for grabs, and, especially as of Release Candidate 2 will provide a product almost identical to the final version. Still, in order to sweeten... |
9 June 2008
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On June 4, 2008 Mozilla made available for download Firefox 3.0 Released Candidate 2. RC2 has already been confirmed as the last development milestone ahead of the final version of Firefox 3.0. But the fact of the matter is that users running RC2, or even RC1, have already got a feel and taste for what the gold relea... |
5 June 2008
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The last development milestone for the next iteration of Mozilla's open source browser is now available for download. At this point in time, there is still no official word from Mozilla on the evolution of Firefox 3.0, but this situation will not last, as Release Candidate 2 is live. RC2 is a stage in the buildi... |
4 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 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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The third and last service pack for Windows XP is barely out the door and Microsoft has rushed to put the past behind it. As of May 6, 2008 the Redmond company has officially killed Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh. XP SP3 RC2 Refresh represented the last development milestone for the service pac... |
7 May 2008
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The third and final service pack for Windows XP is not even out, and Microsoft is already hammering away at it plugging security soles. Although it debuted in full development alongside Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is yet to be finalized with the delivery planned by mid-2008. Since the end of March 20... |
14 April 2008
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With Microsoft completely mute on the third and final service pack for Windows XP, the fact of the matter is that there are some movements on the XP SP3 front, superficial as they might be. Confirmed officially for finalization by mid-2008, XP SP3 fails to have a delivery deadline as of yet, with the Redmond company ... |
9 April 2008
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When it comes down to the third and final service pack for Windows XP, Microsoft has not managed to be extremely chatty. By all means, the Redmond company has successfully swept XP SP3 under the Windows Vista SP1 rug and kept the entire deal extremely hush-hush. With Vista SP1 at center stage, and artificially pushed... |
26 March 2008
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Microsoft is inching forward toward the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3. In its latest move, the Redmond company has made available for download an interim build of the third and final service pack for XP. Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh Build 5508 is now up for grabs directly from Microsoft. So far... |
26 March 2008
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If you are holding your breath while waiting for the final Windows XP Service Pack 3 to drop, you might as well expire and start breathing at a normal pace. Closing in on two months since Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing, Microsoft is yet to go gold with the bits for the third ... |
24 March 2008
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With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 having RTM'd on February 4, 2008 and made available to the general public on March 18 and February 27, Microsoft has just Windows XP Service Pack 3 in the ovens. As Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were being released to manufacturing in early February, ... |
20 March 2008
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Microsoft is advising Windows XP end users to make room for the third and final service pack designed to update the predecessor of Windows Vista by mid 2008, according to the official timetable provided by Microsoft. The move comes as testers of beta builds of XP SP3 have come across an error message when trying to d... |
20 March 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 is yet to reach the end of its evolution, even if RTM is reportedly just around the corner. The last official step Microsoft took with the third and final service pack for XP was to deliver the public versions of Release Candidate 2 in English, German and Japanese on March 6, 2008. So far, t... |
17 March 2008
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Release Candidate 2 could very well be the final beta stage of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. At least this is what Microsoft is indicating. However, there is no official confirmation at this point in time of the fact that XP SP2 RC2 is indeed the last pit stop of the service pack ahead of RTM. The indication came fr... |
14 March 2008
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While Microsoft has already finished building Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1/RTM, the development of Windows XP Service Pack 3 continues with the finishing line still at a distance. In the same week when it released Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing, the Redmond c... |
29 February 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 was released following the RTM of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 in the first week of February. Microsoft failed to diverge from the strategy of synchronized development milestones for the two service packs and the latest Windows serve... |
25 February 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 debuted into beta almost concomitantly in mid 2007. From the early pre-beta versions, the two service packs had synchronized development milestones at no more than a few weeks away. Case in point: the Release Candidate 1 builds dropped in November, as well as... |
21 February 2008
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That's right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and you can grab it right here. Initially, Microsoft released XP SP3 RC2 on the heels of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 RTM on February 7, 2008. At that time, it became clear that althou... |
20 February 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 has been leaked and is available for download on torrent websites. Three days after releasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing, Microsoft launched another development milestone of XP SP3. Following Vista SP1 RTM and Windows Server 2008... |
13 February 2008
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Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is currently scheduled for official "Heroes Happen Here" launch on February 27th, 2008, in Los Angeles, alongside with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. Microsoft revealed in the past, via Iain McDonald, Director of Windows Server Program, that the official deli... |
19 December 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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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
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