Tags: beta, blogging, home

Google Reader Beta

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

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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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Microsoft Word 2007 beta 2

Word 2007 serves up new choices for editing, protecting, and jazzing up documents with graphics-heavy layouts -- all within a dramatically new interface.

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Yahoo Messenger 7.0 (beta)

Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.

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Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2 (technical refresh)

Microsoft's last round of updates before the final release of Office 2007 is packed with subtle interface adjustments and new ways to personalise the applications.

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Office 2007: FrontPage is out, blogging is in

Don't go looking for FrontPage in the just-released Beta 2 edition of Office 2007.

Data-corrupting Home Server won't be fixed til June

Yesterday Microsoft dashed the hopes of users waiting for a fix to the Windows Home Server data corruption issue -- the patch will not be available in its official form until June.

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.

Apple: Windows on a Mac is here

Apple Computer said on Wednesday that it has released a public beta version of Boot Camp, software that enables Microsoft Windows XP to run natively on Intel-based Macs.

How to store your files online

Six options for sharing, backing up and storing your files online.

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.

Browser battle: IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3

A rundown on the latest versions of all the main browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Oh, and don't forget Flock!

Web TV Top 10

Here's a list of 10 must-have Web TV bookmarks that are guaranteed to help you find something online worth seeing.

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.