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  • IBM AIX 6 beta improves virtualisation

    IBM has launched a public beta of the AIX 6 operating system, which incorporates a number of major changes including a more complete virtualisation offering.

  • UnitedLinux to take software public

    The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.

  • Firefox 3.1 beta now available

    A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.

  • Mozilla releases fifth beta of Firefox 3

    Mozilla released its fifth beta version of Firefox 3 for Windows and the Mac on Wednesday, bringing a handful of improvements in ease of use to the open-source Web browser.

  • Firefox 3 gives browser security, Web app makeover

    Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox 3, with the popular open source Web browser featuring significant new features that according to its makers will improve security, ease of use and the rendering of Web pages.

  • Curtain rises on Opera 9

    Opera Software on Tuesday in the US released the newest version of its popular browser, which is designed to offer several improvements over its predecessors.

  • Putting Vista in the fast lane

    Microsoft hopes to tackle an age-old problem with the next version of Windows: How to keep PCs running like new.

  • New Mozilla beta hits the Web

    Mozilla.org has released the latest beta-test version of Mozilla, the open-source browser suite on which AOL Time Warner's Netscape 6 is based.

  • Microsoft: Longhorn beta unlikely this year

    Microsoft's efforts to bolster security in Windows XP will likely delay the release of a widespread test version of its forthcoming operating system until next year, Microsoft's top executives said.

  • Opera launches 8.0 beta for Linux

    Voice commands and improved Web page rendering are now available to users who run Opera on a Linux system.

  • Red Hat releases Xen-enabled Linux beta

    Red Hat on Friday released a test version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, its first product to incorporate the Xen virtualisation technology.

  • Amazon adds Windows to its cloud

    Amazon has taken its Elastic Compute Cloud service out of beta status and added Windows to Linux and Solaris on its list of supported operating systems.

  • Red Hat dolls up Linux with embedded hypervisor

    Linux specialist Red Hat has announced it is developing an embedded hypervisor product that it claims will complement, rather than compete with, its existing virtualisation strategy.

  • OpenOffice 3 enters beta stage

    The first beta-test version of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite was released on Wednesday, adding significant features such as improved Mac OS X support and support for the OpenDocument 1.2 standard.

  • Novell finalises OpenSuse 11

    Novell has released the last public version of OpenSuse 11.0 for testing -- but significant problems still need to be ironed out before the software's final release later this month.

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