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Don’t call Windows 8 ‘largely irrelevant’ until you actual...

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 12/06/2011 - 15:37

We haven’t yet seen a beta version of Windows 8, but analysts are already claiming it is doomed. Analysts from IDC, Gartner, and Forrester are predicting that the new OS will face an uphill battle in the PC and tablet markets for a number of reasons, but none of those reasons seem particularly relevant to the OS itself or the experience of using it.

Microsoft has released an extremely limited Developer Preview of Windows 8, but the OS is still a ways from completion.


 

Small Business Endpoint Protection Performance Benchmarks

Redmond Developer News | Tech Library  Fri, 06/03/2011 - 14:28

PassMark Software, a performance benchmarking company, conducted objective performance testing on four publicly available Small Business Endpoint Protection products and a pre-beta version of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 on Windows 7.

Learn more.


 

Mandriva 2011 Beta 3 Looks Awesome, Screenshot Tour

Linux Today  Thu, 06/02/2011 - 07:00

Softpedia: Mandriva,announced on June 1st, the immediate availability for testing of the third and last Beta version of the upcoming Mandriva 2011 Linux operating system.


 

Beta version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Linux Today  Thu, 03/24/2011 - 10:17

The H Open: "As usual in this phase of the RHEL version families' seven to ten-year life cycle, minor release 6.1 offers not only bug fixes and minor improvements, but also various new functions and hardware drivers."


 

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Embedded Handheld and POSReady 7

Redmond Developer News | News  Fri, 01/14/2011 - 19:01

Microsoft this week released Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 and a beta version of Windows Embedded POSReady 7.


 

Skype 5.0 for Mac Beta Gets Redesigned with Group Video Chat

Digg / Tech Industry News  Thu, 11/04/2010 - 10:37

Popular VoIP and video calling firm Skype today announced the release of a beta version of Skype 5.0 for Mac, bringing a single-window design, group video


 

Boxee’s Beta Unveiling to Add an Interactive Twist

Mashable!  Mon, 12/07/2009 - 11:11

BOXEE-cliqset-smDecember has been a busy month for Boxee, the media center with a social twist.


 

Opera Mobile 10 Beta Now Available for Windows Mobile

Mashable!  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 04:04

opera_10A couple of weeks ago, Opera released the latest beta version of its mobile browser


 

Firefox 3.6 Beta Now Available for Testing

Mashable!  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 06:08

The first beta of the upcoming new version of Firefox, 3.6, is now available for download.