Tag: BETA2

The second beta of Firefox 2 is now available for download from Mozilla. There's a surprising number of changes since beta 1. Among them you'll find an updated default theme, phishing protection, keyword suggestions in the Search box, a new search engine manager, microsummaries for dynamically-updating bookmark titles, a new Windows installer, and more. To quote Mozilla, "Firefox 2 Beta 2 is a ...

Usually by the time a product is in beta, its makers have pretty much nailed down most of the features, with just a few tweaks here and there before shipping. As we have come to learn, however, Microsoft is no ordinary company, and over at the official Windows Vista Team Blog, a developer callled "nwhite" (note to Microsoft: if you have people blogging about your products in a quasi-official ...

Today Microsoft publicly released the second beta version of Windows Vista, the first major update to its Windows product line since Windows XP. Microsoft's servers are getting hammered right now, but if you're lucky you can download the release from the Windows Vista site. You'll need a Passport account, and the download is a 3-4GB ISO, meaning you'll need a DVD burner to make an install disc. In ...