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Archive for the ‘Beta’ Category

May 25th, 2008

Mozilla: Newest Firefox Beta has Critical Flaws

Don’t be in a rush to get the new Firefox 3.0 as Mozilla themselves disclosed that the software still has critical flaws:
Mozilla has identified 10 high-priority bugs in Firefox 3.0, three of them pegged “critical,” but won’t decide until next week whether to release the browser anyway or restart the final stretch by issuing a […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

December 15th, 2006

Adobe releases download Adobe Photoshop Beta CS3

Just in time for Christmas, Adobe offers a sweet Christmas beta present to both Windows and Mac Photoshop users. If you have Adobe’s Photoshop Creative Suite 2 (CS2), your beta download of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 (CS3) will activate beyond the trial’s 2-day timeout. Otherwise, you get a demo of the next cool version […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2006

RetailMeNot tracks Christmas shopping coupons for Dell, Amazon, NewEgg

Remember BugMeNot, the user contributed site which shares login info for news sites and commercial sites? The same company has launched RetailMeNot, which gives you instant access to coupons online. [Tip Monkies] I was curious about Mozilla Firefox’s (Gran Paradiso) version 3.0 and hoped that Tip Monkies had the inside scoop on the usuability […]

By Mary Ford -- 1 comment

November 21st, 2006

Windows security news, free tools

NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 beta is available for download. (my favorite Windows antivirus program)
Paranoid news: Undetectable rootkits may find havens in PCI video cards, network cards and motherboards [Security Focus] (just in time for your next new computer).
Most hackers won’t bother writing such malware. Why? hackers are efficient and won’t have to bother with these […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

November 16th, 2006

Microsoft releases beta Forefront Client Security software

“Microsoft Forefront Client Security (Gulf States) provides unified malware protection for business desktops, laptops and server operating systems that is easy to manage and control.” [Beta News]
I just downloaded Forefront Client Security. Microsoft requires downloaders to sign in to Microsoft’s download center with a Windows Live registered email address. (easy to obtain: if you have […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

November 15th, 2006

Fishing for anti-phishing tools: a line up of the best

Currently, headlines say Firefox outshines IE in phish fight and Computer World Net claims IE 7 Anti Phishing Fails The Test

Both competing browsers commissioned studies which predictably put each in the top spot for identifying phishing sites.
Major vendors are readying their own anti-phishing tools:

Firefox browser anti-phishing tool from PhishTank SiteChecker
Google has released an antiphishing […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

October 24th, 2006

download Microsoft’s free Windows Defender beta 2.0

I’ve been using Microsoft’s Windows Defender from its first beta release days. In my experience, Windows Defender is a wonderful tool. It not only includes antispyware and helps you monitor system software, it also allows you to explore system processes and startups.
If you use Internet Explorer 7.0, you may really like Windows Defender 2.0, a […]

By Mary Ford -- 1 comment

October 23rd, 2006

New browser releases: Firefox 2.0, IE 7.0, Opera 9.1 beta

Just in time for Halloween, the major web browser makers, Microsoft, Mozilla and Opera, have all released updated browsers. A word of caution: sometimes, new and beta software includes bugs that can crash systems or make them more vulnerable to malware.
With any browser you install, I recommend you do not run as administrator; consider […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

October 15th, 2006

FeedRaider, another rss feed mashup, arrives

FeedRaider appears: another rss feed mashup, not unlike PopUrls. Create your own customized rss feed mashup in one easy step… [Feedraider.com] You can see mine here: Tech News, related: 5 Online news sites for tech hounds

Have a better way to keep up with all the tech news? please share your tip here. Of course, […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

October 6th, 2006

download Windows Vista Beta RC2 from Microsoft

For those who like to play with beta operating systems and have a spare Vista capable computer, download Microsoft’s Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Build 5744 of Windows Vista today from Microsoft. [BetaNews] Related: Windows Vista Team Blog Windows Vista Weblog (I’m downloading Vista RC2 now, but I don’t have a Vista capable computer yet; […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

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