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Blizzard's StarCraft II wings into beta

The World of Warcraft publisher has announced it has begun beta testing of the sequel to its 1998 hit, StarCraft.

Opera 10.50 beta

Opera 10.50 beta debuts a new JavaScript engine, an interface optimised for Windows 7 and support for HTML5 video. Check out this video to see what else is new, and how it all works.

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Reviews

Toshiba 22DV615Y LCD TV/DVD Combo

Toshiba's 22DV615Y LCD TV/DVD combo unit is compact and simple to use, but screen quality could be better.
Skype 4.1 beta

Skype's new screen-sharing feature is a clever addition to the VoIP communications application. The new beta also sees birthday reminders reinstated, a favourite feature of past builds.
TEAC LCDV3253HD

The TEAC LCDV3253HD offers a good deal of features and convenience, but doesn't really offer what we consider more important — performance.
Chrome (beta)

Google has rethought the Internet browser — some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel — but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium beta

Digital designers who don't need support for print or film work will find enhanced integration throughout the updates to Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and more.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

Dreamweaver CS3's universal binary alone could make the upgrade worthwhile for some users, and improved CSS plus new Spry features will be welcome to pros, but that's not a lot of advances for the steep price.
Adobe Fireworks CS3 beta

Adobe's page prototyping tool plays better with Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash.
Norton Internet Security 2007

Norton Internet Security 2007 makes significant gains over last year, including cutting-edge rootkit and behavioural monitoring features found nowhere else, but the overall package could be serious overkill for the average desktop owner.

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Features

Adobe's Lightroom 2 beta broadens editing horizons

New version of Adobe software, going into public beta testing Wednesday, significantly expands editing possibilities — and brings it closer to regular Photoshop.
Microsoft and Google give away office space

Microsoft and Google are offering free online packages to put your company's touch on its communications and to help build basic Web sites.
Calendars: Yahoo vs. Google

CNET pits Yahoo Calendar against the Google Calendar beta online scheduling service.
Battle of the browser betas

What do the next versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera have in store?

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News

Windows and S60 phones get new Skype betas

Skype has announced Skype 4.2 for Windows beta and a new beta build for Symbian phones.
Office 2010 beta gets LinkedIn

Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The beta integrates social network LinkedIn with Outlook, offers a stripped back Excel for browser editing, and video editing tools for PowerPoint.
What to expect in Windows 7 RC

In this hands on, the Windows 7 Release Candidate continues to impress with big new features, improvements to old ones, and a longer trial period despite dropping native Bluetooth support.
Windows 7 beta: get it tonight

The general public will be able to download the beta of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system from 9 January, Microsoft said today, with some customers getting access today.

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Downloads

SudsLite (CE handheld)

Keep track of your beer recipes and brews on your handheld PC.
ASP Wizard

Generate ASP frameworks from Microsoft Access databases.
Pepid RN - Nursing Reference Software for Palm OS

Add a continually updated medical and pharmacological database for nurses to your handheld.
Pepid MD - Reference Software for All Physicians for Palm OS

Add a continually updated medical and pharmacological database to your handheld.