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Sony A37 Camera Officially Launched

Shortages may be plaguing the high-end camera market, but that doesn't mean that manufacturers of such things are going to bat an eyelash, so Sony didn't shy away from launching a new one. The device now making its first steps into the world has the benefit of a very carefully trodden road. As in the road...

17 May 2012
04:40 GMT

Ghost Recon Alpha Short Movie Now Available to All

Ghost Recon Alpha, a movie that is designed to stoke up interest in the upcoming Future Soldier video game that will arrive later during the month of May, has now been made available to all after being initially limited to a number of select media channels. The movie is about 25 minutes long and shows the elite Ghos...

16 May 2012
02:30 GMT

Ubisoft Releases First Gameplay Trailer for Assassin’s Creed III

Gamers have until know only received information about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III via interviews from the development team and through screenshots. But video game publisher Ubisoft has now delivered the first gameplay trailer for the game, showing the main character moving around the game world, engag...

11 May 2012
05:56 GMT

China Choosing the National CPU Architecture: MIPS and Alpha Seem Favorites

China’s high ranking representatives gathered at a top level meeting last month at their Ministry of Industry and IT to discuss ideas and initiatives regarding their own National CPU Architecture. For those less familiar with processor design, the first thing on the table is the decision on the ISA. ISA is s...

27 April 2012
10:31 GMT

World of Warplanes Gets 100,000 Alpha Sign-Ups in 24 Hours

The developers at Wargaming.net have announced that they have received 100,000 invite requests for the Alpha stage of the MMO during the first 24 hours after the stage has been declared open by the studio. Anton Sitnikau, who is the producer leading the work on World of Warplanes, stated, “The player demand to...

2 March 2012
12:11 GMT

Tomb Raider Reaches Alpha State, Might Arrive in Late May

Video game developer Crystal Dynamics announced that their upcoming title Tomb Raider reached alpha stage. That means most of the content is now in place and all the game mechanics are well defined, allowing the developers to play the game, even if the experience is somewhat rough in places. Kyle Peschel, the senior...

26 January 2012
15:01 GMT

New Alpha Build for µTorrent

The new release, Alpha 3.1 build 25788, comes with a batch of fixes, and, for the users of the plus version, with improved compatibility for the supported devices as far as transcoding is concerned.This version of the BitTorrent client fixes the portable mode of the app and now the DNA cache directory is no longer cr...

14 October 2011
03:43 GMT

Opera 12.00 Codenamed Wahoo Build 1054 Available for Download

A new development snapshot of the next version of Opera has been released for testing. Opera 12.00 codenamed Wahoo Build 1054 is now available for download to early adopters looking to get an early taste of what the successor of Opera 11.50 brings to the table. Since Opera 12.0 is still in the early stages of deve...

2 September 2011
10:47 GMT

Fedora 16 Alpha Has Been Released, Screenshot Tour

The Fedora Project, proudly announced a few minutes ago (August 23rd) the immediate availability for download and testing of the Alpha version of the upcoming Fedora 16 operating system, due for release in November 2011. Dubbed Verne, Fedora 16 Alpha is powered by Linux kernel 3.0, the latest development version of ...

23 August 2011
11:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Alpha Trial Gets Detailed, Invitations Are Being Sent Out

Battlefield 3 is going to have an Alpha and a Beta trial stage, so its developer, DICE, has started revealing some details about how they'll work and when gamers can start experiencing the new first-person shooter. Battlefield 3 has been receiving a lot of details in the last few months, with DICE, its develo...

27 July 2011
05:25 GMT

Distant Quasars Indicate Alpha Is Not Constant

The fine-structure constant of the Universe, known as alpha, may not be so constant throughout the Universe, experts proposed after an in-depth analysis of light emanating from quasars located far away.Quasars (quasi-stellar radio sources) are the extremely distant and highly active cores of galaxies, which astrophys...

31 May 2011
05:10 GMT

Download Opera 11.50 Alpha Codenamed Swordfish Build 1015

The second Alpha development snapshot of the next major version of Opera is now available for download and testing. Early adopters can grab Opera 11.50 codenamed Swordfish Build 1015 and take it out for a spin, to see the improvements introduced since the first Alpha was released. Obviously, the Alpha label should ...

23 May 2011
10:24 GMT

Indie Hit Minecraft Brought in 33 Million Dollars So Far

Minecraft, the indie hit originally created by one programmer working from home, has generated no less than 33 million dollars in revenue so far, making it one of the most successful games that were not launched by one of the big industry publishers.As part of a Question & Answer session conducted via Reddit the crea...

7 April 2011
16:31 GMT

.NET Micro Framework 4.2 Alpha Is Not Feature Complete

Earlier this month Microsoft released an early development milestone of the next version of .NET Micro Framework to testers. What’s important to keep in mind is that the Redmond company still has a tad of work to do with .NET Micro Framework 4.2, and that the first Alpha release is not feature complete. Devel...

31 March 2011
07:27 GMT

Opera 11.10 Barracuda Alpha Build 2033 Now with Intelligent Speed Dial Thumbnails

The latest Alpha development snapshot of Opera 11.10 codenamed Barracuda brings to the table even more enhancements to the Speed Dial. Opera Software did underline the strong focus on kicking Speed Dial up a notch with the successor of Opera 11.0, and the company is unveiling new improvements to the trademark featur...

11 March 2011
06:24 GMT

Download Opera 11.10 Barracuda Alpha Build 2018 Now with Zoomable Speed Dial

The latest development snapshot of Opera 11.10 codenamed Barracuda takes Speed Dial to a whole new level, with the feature having already been kicked up a notch in an earlier Alpha preview. Opera Software made it very clear early on in the development of codenamed Barracuda , that Opera 11.10 would be synonymous wit...

4 March 2011
04:19 GMT

New Opera 11.10 Barracuda Alpha Intros Speed Dial Evolution

The second Alpha development snapshot of Opera 11.10 codenamed Barracuda offers a glimpse of the evolution of Speed Dial, one of the trademark features of the browser. Opera 11.10 Barracuda Alpha Build 2014 is now available for download to testers, and is intended to introduce what Opera Software calls just the firs...

25 February 2011
11:15 GMT

Download Opera 11.10 “Barracuda” Alpha Build 2005

Want a taste of what the next version of Opera will introduce? Then by all means, download the first Alpha development snapshot of Opera 11.10 codenamed “Barracuda.”Opera Software recently announced that it was starting to look to the future, which as far as the Opera browser is concerned, involves a spe...

18 February 2011
03:37 GMT

Guild Wars 2 Will Have Both Alpha and Beta Stages This Year

Developer ArenaNet has revealed that both alpha and beta testing stages for their upcoming Guild Wars 2 will be taking place during 2011, suggesting that the launch date could be set based on the feedback derived from them for sometime in 2012. The official Guild Wars 2 Frequently Asked Questions section mentions ...

16 February 2011
13:51 GMT

Minecraft Enters Beta on December 20

Marcus Persson, aka Notch, who is the developer of indie hit video game Minecraft, has announced that his title will be going into beta stage on December 20 and will now retail for 14.95 Euro to reflect the new content which the game will feature.Notch has stated on his personal blog that, “With beta comes a la...

14 December 2010
09:47 GMT

Sony DSLR-A900/A850 Getting Quicker AF via Firmware Upgrade

It's become somewhat of a habit for consumer electronics manufacturers to enhance the level of functionality provided by their various devices post sale via some very useful firmware upgrades that fix certain small bugs in the hardware/software interaction, and that's exactly what's happening right now...

2 December 2010
10:18 GMT

Opera 11 Beta is Close, New Features in Alpha Build 1094

The first Beta development milestone of Opera 11 is extremely close, according to Opera Software, which released a new Alpha version of the browser on November 17th. Opera 11 Alpha Build 1094 brings to the table two new features as well as mail improvements, which Huib Kleinhout from the Opera Desktop Team reveled a...

18 November 2010
08:28 GMT

Antimatter Atoms Trapped and Stored by ALPHA Collaboration

An international team of scientists working in Europe managed to trap and store antimatter atoms for the first time, thus opening up a new branch of physics, and making it available for research. The group conducts its investigations at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) headquarters, near Geneva, ...

18 November 2010
03:33 GMT

Opera 11 Alpha 2 Available for Download

The second Alpha preview of Opera 11 is now available for download and testing. The latest development snapshot of the next major version of the Opera browser comes after less than two weeks since the introduction of the first Alpha Build. As is the case with Google and Mozilla, Opera Software too features an accele...

2 November 2010
07:21 GMT

Opera 11 Alpha Is Here – Download Now

The first taste of the next generation Opera browser is now available for download, offering a sneak peek into what the successor of Opera 10.60 will bring to the table. Opera Software has just announced the first Alpha development milestone of Opera 11, which was built for a while as Opera 10.70, until it was rebra...

21 October 2010
06:27 GMT

Download Firefox 4.0 Alpha 1 (Firefox 3.7 Alpha 5)

The latest development milestone of the next generation of Mozilla’s open source browser made available for download today, June 14th, 2010, is also the first fully fledged taste of Firefox 3.6’s successor. Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.7 Alpha 5, and Softpedia readers have received a heads-up in th...

14 June 2010
10:36 GMT

IIS Transform Manager 1.0 Alpha Released

The past week, Microsoft started offering a wave of updates ushering in the next version of IIS Media Services. Softpedia readers have already been informed of the fact that IIS Media Services 4.0 has reached the Beta development stage, and that the bits are now up for grabs and testing. As a part of the IIS Media Se...

14 June 2010
03:44 GMT

Download Firefox 4.0 Alpha Developer Preview with WebM/VP8 Support

Mozilla is making headway with the development process of the next major iteration of its open source browser. Early adopters can now download an early Build of an upcoming Developer Preview milestone for Firefox 4.0, a release designed to pave the way toward the first official Beta of Firefox 3.6’s successor. ...

11 June 2010
02:09 GMT

Download Opera 10.60 Alpha Build 3409

A new development snapshot of Opera 10.60 is now available for download and testing. The focus with Build 3409 is on resolving various problems affecting the browser. However, Opera 10.60 Alpha Build 3409 continues to be pre-release software, and, as such, it comes with inherent problems, making it “unfit&rdquo...

9 June 2010
05:22 GMT

Download New Opera 10.60 Alpha Release

At the end of May 2010, after a period of quiet, Opera Software released the first Alpha development milestone for the next version of its browser. Just a few days later, a new release of the Alpha snapshot for Opera 10.60 is available for download, introducing a number of changes, if compared with the original Build...

3 June 2010
05:35 GMT

Download New Firefox 3.7 Alpha WebM Ready

A new development release of the next version of Firefox is now available for download for early adopters, tailored to the new WebM open web media project. Essentially, the latest Firefox 3.7 Alpha 4 Build is designed to bring to the table support for the HTML5 VP8 video codec, the Vorbis audio codec and the Matroska...

20 May 2010
12:39 GMT

Firefox 4.0 pre-Alpha Developer Preview – Get a Taste

Mozilla has started building the next major iteration of its open source browser, and an early preview version of Firefox 4.0 is already available for download and testing. Earlier this week, Softpedia readers were able to find out that Mozilla was cooking a Developer Preview of Firefox 4.0 ahead of the first Beta bu...

14 May 2010
03:40 GMT

Firefox 4.0 pre-Beta Developer Preview Could Be Offered to Testers

Mozilla is considering an early development Build of Firefox 4.0 ahead of the Beta planned for release by the end of June 2010. In the latest Firefox Delivery Meeting, the browser maker indicated that it was hoping to produce a Developer Preview of Firefox 4.0, as the successor of Firefox 3.6 makes its way to the fir...

12 May 2010
11:45 GMT

Firefox 3.7 Alpha 2 Drops by the End of This Week

A second Alpha version of Firefox is planned for availability by the end of this week, the evolution from Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1 which was released almost two weeks ago to developers. Specifically, in the first half of February 2010, Mozilla offered the Developer Preview of Gecko 1.9.3 Alpha 1. In this regard, Firefox 3...

24 February 2010
10:55 GMT

Download Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1 Candidate

With Firefox 3.6 Final made available for download in the second half of January 2010, Mozilla has moved onward and is offering a taste of the evolution of its open source browser. And ‘a taste’ is just the way to describe the pre-Alpha version of Firefox 3.7 that is currently up for grabs for early adopt...

9 February 2010
10:25 GMT

Moonlight 3.0 Preview 1, Silverlight vNext for Linux

A new version of the Silverlight open source implementation for Linux has been made available for download this week. Linux users can now access the first preview release of Moonlight 3.0. As the version number implies, with Moonlight 3.0, Novell, which is adapting the Silverlight plug-in for Linux, is working to del...

5 February 2010
09:44 GMT

Download Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha New Snapshot Build 3218

A new development release of Opera 10.50 is available for download and testing, launched today, February 1st, 2010. The latest build of Opera 10.50 comes just a couple of days after the release which the Norwegian browser maker made available for download at the end of last week. Despite the rapid pace of delivery w...

1 February 2010
07:38 GMT

Download Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha Build 3206

A new Build of Opera 10.50 has been released and is now available for download, for all users that want to get a taste of what the successor of v10.0 will bring to the table. Opera Software is hard at work pushing the next iteration of the Opera browser on the way to the first fully-fledged Alpha version. While the A...

25 January 2010
05:51 GMT

Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha Build 3202 Available

At the end of the past week, Opera Software delivered an update to the next version of its browser, with the promise that efforts will be kicked up a notch in order to produce the successor of Opera 10.0 as soon as possible. “From this point on we are shifting up a gear to get you a stable 10.5 as soon as we po...

20 January 2010
10:57 GMT

Download New Opera 10.50 Pre-Alpha with Windows 7 Fixes

A new release of Opera 10.50 is currently available for download for early adopters comfortable with running software in the very early stages of the development process. At the end of last week, Opera software released a second update to the next iteration of the Opera browser, coming one step closer to fully-fledge...

19 January 2010
10:46 GMT

World of Warcraft's Cataclysm Expansion Gets Alpha Stage

For years now, every massively multiplayer online role-playing game to hit the market has had one overpowering foe to compete against. And while some claim to have put up a decent fight, none has the courage to proclaim itself victorious while fighting World of Warcraft. With a booming success on its own, the game re...

12 January 2010
14:01 GMT

Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha Leaked and Available for Download

UPDATE: Download Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha 7x Faster than Opera 10.10 - official release. Just days ahead of the official release, an internal development milestone of the next iteration of Opera has been leaked and is now available for download in the wild. Opera Software had announced that it was planning to o...

21 December 2009
10:08 GMT

Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha Drops on December 22, 2009

The first taste of the next iteration of the Opera browser is just around the corner. Opera Software is currently cooking a preview version of Opera 10.5 and is gearing up to make available for download a pre-alpha build of the browser next week, a few days ahead of Christmas. Details are scarce at this point in tim...

18 December 2009
10:27 GMT

New Opera 10 Alpha Version Available for Mac OS X

Opera has issued a new Alpha release of its feature-packed web browser with the same name. Available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, Opera now ships with a new technology platform called Opera Unite, which allows users to stream music or share files, photos and more, right from the browser.Among the changes and new ...

25 November 2009
09:56 GMT

Download Opera 10.20 Alpha

On the heels of the Opera 10.10 general availability, Opera Software has moved onward to the next chapter in the evolution of its browser. Just one day after the Opera 10.10 with Opera Unite was released to the public, the Norway-based browser maker has introduced the first development milestone for Opera 10.20. Ear...

25 November 2009
09:35 GMT

uTorrent 0.9.3 for Mac OS X Gets New UI - Download Here

The developers at BitTorrent Inc. handling the Mac version of uTorrent have announced a new Alpha version of their torrent download manager, confirming a completely revamped user interface, improvements in the speed display, and more. uTorrent is a free-to-use application for Mac OS X and Windows, while Linux users c...

20 October 2009
06:02 GMT

Wolfram|Alpha Hits the App Store with a Huge Price Tag

For one reason or another, the people behind the computational knowledge engine known as Wolfram|Alpha have just released an iPhone application for fans of the otherwise free service, pricing it at a whopping $50. The mystery surrounding the huge price is yet to be unraveled, with the iPhone version of the Wolfram|Al...

19 October 2009
04:14 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Just Around the Corner

Mozilla is gearing up for the release of the first Beta for Firefox 3.6. The minor update to Firefox 3.5, which shipped earlier this year, is planned to advance from Alpha to Beta stage as soon as next week. Yesterday, October 6th, 2009, Mozilla reached an important milestone, namely the code freeze of Firefox 3.6, a...

7 October 2009
03:13 GMT

Super Street Fighter IV Announcement Might Come Later Today

Capcom might be getting ready to officially announce that it is creating a Super edition of Street Fighter IV, which might be arriving on the desks of gamers at some point next year. Proof comes courtesy of a German website that has posted a picture that appears to be showing T. Hawk being played in a Street Fighter ...

28 September 2009
07:50 GMT

Capcom Might Announce Street Fighter IV Spin-Off

Street Fighter IV was one of the biggest releases of early 2009 and the video game managed to lead to a revival of the fighting-game genre, with a new King of Fighters and BlazBlue following during the fall. The company is not known for resting on its laurels and fans of the series have been waiting for an announceme...

22 September 2009
03:44 GMT


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