Tags: beta, blogging, feeds

Blogger beta

Blogger beta allows tagging, as well as drag-and-drop layout editing, and it lets you wall off your blog to strangers, but most current Blogger users will have to set up another blog from scratch to try the new features.

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Google Reader Beta

Google's elegant newsfeed manager for Gmail users is friendly for newbies to RSS.

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Writely beta

Can Writely replace Microsoft Word? Yes, if you have stable Internet access and don't need a ton of editing and formatting features.

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Yahoo Mail Beta

Yahoo brings the style and speed of desktop e-mail services to the Web.

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Bloglines

Bloglines is a fun and free newsreader that runs inside most Web browsers and is sure to please all but the most discriminating news junkies.

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MSN tests new blog, search features

MSN is expected to quietly begin testing new features for searching and syndicating blogs, in a nod to the online publishing format.

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.

Microsoft upgrades search

Microsoft is set to launch on Wednesday the beta version of its new Windows Live Search page, which uses the same behind-the-scenes technology as MSN Search but will eventually become the company's sole search offering.

Microsoft to take on YouTube

Microsoft on Tuesday launched a beta version of a new service that lets people upload videos of their cats dancing, babies laughing and teenagers playing air guitar.

Newbie's guide to Flock

You've heard about it and you want to try it, but you're a bit scared because you're not a computer whiz. Worry not! CNET's Josh Lowensohn walks you through it.

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

Sites to make New Year's resolutions stick

Resolutions may be made to be broken, but these Web sites help you get granular with goals, and then nag if you fall short.

Software that's ready for takeoff in 2008

Keep your eye on these apps as 2008 ticks by. Either stuck in development or newly released, this bushel of newbies is poised to make this year their year.

Web 2.0 applications: Google vs. Yahoo vs. the world

CNET reviews Web 2.0 e-mail applications from major vendors Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.

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reBlog 1.3 beta

Filter and republish relevant content from many RSS feeds.

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Mentations 0.95 beta

Have your important information monitored, analyzed, distilled, and categorized.

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RealTime beta 1

Get instant updates about stocks, weather, news, and blogs directly from your desktop.