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Firefox 1.5 Beta 1

The always innovative Firefox browser has a new beta release. While there's not much different from the original release, what's there should attract more Firefox users -- and that's ultimately good for the Internet.

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Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended

Adobe Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as integration of animation, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption, and improved forms. We've been playing with the beta edition of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.

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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft plans to release Office for Mac 2008 on January 15, making this the first update in about four years. We've tested beta versions of the new applications over the last month without running into glitches.

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Google Apps for Your Domain

Google Apps for Your Domain lets you brand online services with your own URL, but it doesn't eat the costs of domain registration as Microsoft Office Live does.

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Windows Live Favorites

Windows Live Favorites lets you save, import, and arrange bookmarks in subject folders, then view saved links without leaving the page -- but it doesn't hook you up with other users' favourite URLs the way Del.icio.us does.

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Flickr Video beta due in April

Yahoo executives say at a party that Flickr Video is "coming soon." Further investigation reveals that "soon" may be next month.

Adobe Acrobat takes big online leap

Adobe is launching an online community with a word processor and file sharing, while adding Flash and interactive maps to Acrobat 9.

Second Life for 3G phones

Feeling lonely on the bus? Second Life on your mobile phone will chase those commuter blues away.

Google's soothsayers predict future

Google Australia today announced the beta version of search technology known as gDayâ„¢, which can predict events and Internet content.

Office 2007: FrontPage is out, blogging is in

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

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

DIY: Desktop buying guide

What you need to know -- from finding the type of PC that fits your lifestyle to catching up on all of the latest trends.

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

Start-page smackdown: Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle and Live.com

Want to create your own homepage? We put four personalised start pages through their paces and rank them according to looks, features and performance.

Top 10 Google apps

CNET.com.au reviews Google's most compelling desktop and Web-based applications for communications, mapping, 3D drawing and more.

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OmniGraffle 5.1 beta 2

Easily create graphs and charts with this versatile tool that's optimized for OS X.

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MyChat 2 beta

Send and receive messages, files, and calls through TCP/IP protocol.

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OpenOffice.org 3 Release Candidate 3

Take an open-source approach to office productivity.