beta

Microsoft is holding a big event for developers in September, and will probably use it to show off the first public beta of Windows 8. That means the OS will probably ship a year later, in fall 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

In this video, Link Removed (Sr. Technical Evangelist for Team Foundation Server) demonstrates the beta of the new OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010. The purpose of this project is to help developers work with data from Team Foundation Server on multiple types of devices (such as...

In the past few days, rumors of a possible leak of one of the newer Windows 8 internal builds have been gaining steam. Source: Yahoo! News

In the past few days, rumors of a possible leak of one of the newer Windows 8 internal builds have been gaining steam. Source: Yahoo! News

When Microsoft released Windows 7 it was a worrying time for Microsoft. Windows Vista was terrible, and Windows 7 was an operating system Microsoft had to get right to rebuild confidence with consumers and business users alike. It did that by releasing a preview build anyone could experiment...

Google Chrome look-alike, Firefox 4.0 , is now officially out of beta and available for public consumption. If your PC is running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you want to try out the browser, feel free to download it via this link for free. What's cool about Firefox 4.0...

In this video, I interview a couple of LightSwitch team members, Mike Droney (Tester) and Sheel Shaw (PM), as they walk me through a real application that was built for our Admins in order to track hardware assets across the developer division. Mike and Sheel talk about the requirement gathering...

The Windows 8 timeline could look like this: March 2011: Windows 8 Milestone 3 June / July 2011: Windows 8 Beta September / October 2011: Windows 7 Release Candidate Early 2012: Windows 8 final. More Link Removed

The first Beta of Windows 8 might be closer than you think, word Link Removed! The site is known for having the most advanced face and guessed many rumors about operating systems and this time the news is released to allow those displaced by even the most optimistic. Some time ago we...

We’re now hearing some new rumors that are citing completely different dates from what we’ve heard in the past. These are the first set of rumors to not agree with the previous Link Removed leaked, including Link Removed. According to Businessweek’s sources, public testing of the next Windows...

At this point, the only thing keeping Microsoft in the tablet conversation are rumors of its Windows 8 or Windows Next , and lo and behold we've got another one to add to the pile. While we heard last week that Microsoft could release the beta of Windows 8 for tablets at PDC in September ...

There are rumors that Microsoft could have its first offering of Windows 8 operating system by the end of June, which is Microsoft’s fiscal year end. The design is specifically for tablets and the new interface is rumored to take hints from Apple and parts of the Metro interface found in Windows...

There's an increasing amount of Windows 8 related chatter out there, and it seems likely that we'll see the first beta during the second half of this year. So, with that in mind, we've probably... Source: Yahoo! News

Link Removed Remember Gaikai, the cloud computing service that lets you demo video games in your browser window without downloading a thing? It's live, meaning it's no longer just us tech journalists that get to give it a thorough try. Provided you have a blazing fast internet connection and...

OK. I'm completely stumped. I've tried everything I could think of. Here's my issues: It started last Tuesday, the 22nd of February: IE 8 became extremely unstable, crashes constantly (upgraded to IE 9 Beta still didn't solve the issue) So I installed FireFox. And here's what happens. My...

Roadmap says yes Source: Yahoo! News

Ever since the successful development and launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has become ever tighter-lipped about Windows development. Sure, it dropped the bomb about releasing Windows 8 for ARM, but that's it. Nothing on features or timetables (other than 'three years after Windows 7'). Well, the...

You don't need us to tell you what you already know in your gut to be true: Redmond is working hard on its tablet strategy. How embarrassing is it for Microsoft, the company that pioneered tablets and the 7-inch UMPC, to be completely absent from the conversation in 2010 and 2011? That could...

Mozilla delays Firefox 4 beta 12, option for beta 13 on the table It’s slow progress over at Mozilla with regards to Firefox 4 beta. The next beta, which will be the twelfth, has been delayed. Oh, and Mozilla are keeping their options open for another beta if necessary. Here are the details...

AMD have released a monitering app aimed specifically at their hardware. Link Removed due to 404 Error Here is a screenshot of it running on my desktop with Heaven benchmark running. Link Removed due to 404 Error The app is still in Beta but ran fine when I tried it and seems to have...