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  • Microsoft shows off IE8, Silverlight 2 to developers

    Microsoft offered its first public demonstration of Internet Explorer 8 on Wednesday, and has released a beta for developers.

  • Sun to help create native OpenOffice for Mac OS X

    Mac users waiting for a native version of OpenOffice might see it sooner than they might have thought, now that Sun has thrown its support behind the project.

  • 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.

  • Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows

    Adobe Systems released on Tuesday the first Windows beta version of Lightroom, software geared for enthusiasts and professionals who need to edit, catalogue and view digital photos.

  • 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.

  • Firefox beta out of the foxhole

    A test version of an updated Firefox browser is out, offering such features as automatic updates and improvements designed to speed browser navigation.

  • Microsoft revs up for radical Office refit

    Psst! Want a copy of the just-released Beta 2 build of Office 2007? There's no need to whisper. Microsoft is now offering a "preview" edition of its forthcoming supersuite as a free download.

  • Sidebar on display in next Vista preview

    As more computer users move to larger, wide-screen monitors, Microsoft is staking a claim to that added real estate.

  • Apple ends Safari test program

    Apple Computer has terminated a program that gave some developers access to the latest test versions of its Safari browser, after some testers apparently leaked several prereleases to the public.

  • Mozilla browser to learn from surfing habits

    The latest test version of the open-source browser is inviting users to improve features by submitting their surfing data.

  • 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.

  • Apple releases iSync beta

    Apple Computer has released a beta, or testing version, of iSync, the company's latest "i" application.

  • Jobs: Jaguar, new iPods, new iMac and. . . Windows?

    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • Microsoft unleashes first Office 2008 for Mac fix

    Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has released its first update to Office 2008 for Mac, fixes that should boost stability and performance in some areas, while closing some security holes.

  • Mac OS X gets Windows Media Photo

    Microsoft, while trying to get its HD Photo image format standardised as "JPEG XR", also continues to work on spreading the technology by more conventional means -- such as building Photoshop and Mac OS X support.

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