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Microsoft Windows Defender beta 2

With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.

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Windows Media Player 10 Beta

Microsoft's Technical Beta release of Windows Media Player 10 features a redesigned interface that provides easy access to online media stores. It also syncs better with portable devices.

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Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta

Microsoft's beta version of a free service that filters Web sites for content for children makes parents and guardians system administrators for their kids' Windows Live accounts.

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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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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 beta 2

Microsoft is spicing up PowerPoint with new templates, animation effects, and image editing tools.

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Microsoft releases public download of Vista

After months of limited testing, Microsoft late on Wednesday made a beta version of Windows Vista publicly available for download.

Microsoft unveils new betas for Office, Vista

Microsoft is aiming to show that, following recent stumbles, it has regained its footing.

Sidebar on display in next Vista preview

As more computer users move to larger, wide-screen monitors, Microsoft is staking a claim to that added real estate.

Putting Vista in the fast lane

The forthcoming Windows Vista will be primed to keep PCs from slowing down over time, Microsoft says.

Users report IE8 Beta 2 issues

One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, users have started to report issues with its installation and sites and services that are incompatible.

How do I know if my PC is ready for Vista?

Hi, I intend switch to Windows Vista when it's released in early 2007, but how can I be sure my PC is fast enough to run it?

Should I buy a mid-range Vista PC, or get a MacBook Pro and use Parallels?

Is it worth buying a mid-range $2000-2500 Dell PC or iMac and running Windows Vista on it, or is it better to buy a high-end computer like the MacBook Pro and run Vista using Parallels?

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

Find files faster

Hard-disk real estate is so plentiful and cheap now, finding what we really want or need among the gigabytes of detritus is becoming an issue. We look at some popular programs to banish your file finding nightmares.

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.

Microsoft's two major new software betas: Windows Vista and IE 7

Check out our First Takes of the beta software for Microsoft's upcoming operating system and browser.

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.

Macs: Intel and Windows inside

Boot Camp makes it possible to run Windows XP natively on Intel-based Macs. Will the software bring more people over to the Apple Computer side?

Windows Vista pros and cons

What you'll love and hate about Windows Vista.

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Space.app (OS X) 0.8

Maintain as many as 16 virtual workspaces at one time in Mac OS X with this desktop organizer.

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Virtumonde Remover build 40 beta

Scan your computer to find and remove Virtumonde Trojan and its variants.

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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Warp Pipe v0.3.5 Beta for Windows

Play Mario Kart online with this application.

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EXP Computer NT Driver 1.0 (4/4/97)

Download the NT driver for EXP Computers's CD-620/621, CD-820/821, CD-420/421, CD-940E drives.

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Actual Window Manager 4.4 beta 1

Navigate windows in completely new ways.

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