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  • Windows XP SP3 upgrade spells trouble for IE

    Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Vista SP1 coming to shelves near you next month?

    So, when is Windows Vista Service Pack 1 coming out? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer is anything but.

  • More Vista service pack elements leak out

    The first service pack for Microsoft Vista may not be due until early next year, but elements of the software are continuing to appear as part of Microsoft's ongoing support activities for the latest Windows.

  • Microsoft tests server software on itself

    Microsoft has discovered the best beta tester for the next generation of its server operating system, Windows Server 2008, is itself.

  • Adobe blasts Apollo into beta through AIR

    Adobe Systems on Monday released a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo, that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs.

  • Microsoft updates Windows Vista test code

    In its first update to a new community-based preview program, Microsoft is showing off a number of new features for Windows Vista, including efforts to improve the Web browser and make the operating system more resilient.

  • Windows Vista inches forward

    Microsoft released an interim test version of Windows Vista to some corporate testers on Friday, and said it will expand the program to selected tech enthusiasts soon.

  • Vista beta gets slight tweaks

    Microsoft on Monday said it has released a slightly updated test version of Windows Vista, but it is not being made broadly available to the consumers who are trying out the new operating system.

  • Microsoft roping more into Longhorn Server release

    With Windows Vista, Microsoft had to cut features to try to get the release out the door. With its upcoming server release, though, Microsoft is actually adding a few features.

  • Microsoft tests parental-control software

    Slightly later than planned, Microsoft on Wednesday in the US released a trial version of a free parental-control tool for Windows XP.

  • Microsoft moves closer to new browser release

    Microsoft on Thursday issued what it hopes will be the last test version of Internet Explorer 7 before the new browser is released later this year.

  • No Vista beta 2 this year

    The second beta of Windows Vista will not come until next year, Microsoft said Tuesday in the United States.

  • Microsoft releases IE 7 beta to public

    Microsoft took the wraps off Internet Explorer 7 Tuesday, releasing the new "preview" version of its Web browser to the general public for testing.

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