Tag: RC

CyanogenMod-7 -- which brings Android 2.3 Gingerbread to more than two dozen supported devices -- now has a release candidate. If you've been waiting for the popular Android remaster to shed its beta tag before flashing the new version, now's your chance! CM7 is built on Android 2.3.2, so you're one update short of the NFC bits Google recently pushed -- but that's no big loss, since there's a ...

If you've been waiting to try Internet Explorer 9 until the release candidate was made available, wait no more! Microsoft has posted the 32- and 64-bit downloads for both Windows 7 and Vista. If the rumors are correct, the IE9 RC will be made officially available later today -- in which case, watch out for a lot more Internet Explorer 9 content on Download Squad over the next few days. ...

Opera's developers have been pushing hard to finalize version 11 of the do-it-all browser. After just releasing the first Opera 11 RC only yesterday, they've already shoved the build aside to make way for RC2. While you won't find any new functionality in the RC, the RC builds are more stable and usable than previous snapshot releases. Extension support has been improved as well, and there are ...

Dropbox, with a bunch of minor bug fixes, has now been bumped from version 0.8 to 1.0 and garnered the exciting 'RC' tag. This means the developers think that Dropbox is ready for prime time -- though given its massive publicity drive, and a huge numbers of users, I think this is more of an 'exhibition release' than anything else. Due to a bug in the upgrade process, Linux and Mac OS X users ...

Christian Ghisler just published Total Commander 7.55 RC1. This is very exciting news for all Total Commander users, of which there should probably be more. I've been using Total Commander for years now -- since the time it was still called Windows Commander. But rather than wax nostalgic, let me tell you about the single coolest feature in this new release: It is fast. I mean fast. Christian ...

Hardware acceleration in the browser is quite a popular topic these days, what with Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla all doing their best to harness your GPU. Adobe's been hard at work, too, putting the finishing touches on Flash Player 10.1. A release candidate is now available for download from Adobe Labs, and it's looking good. If you've got a compatible GPU in your system, watching HD video ...

With the full RTM due in June, Microsoft has confirmed that a release candidate build of Office 2010 is currently in the hands of testers. This isn't news to the crew at Wzor.net, of course, who have made a habit of putting leaked RC, beta, and RTM software from Microsoft on display for all to see. They've confirmed that Microsoft is already internally testing an RTM escrow build of Office ...

Good news, Nokia users! if you're fortunate enough to own one of those swish Maemo-powered smartphones: Firefox for Mobile has hit 1.0! The beta releases have been picking up pace, and now with the release candidate (RC) and a beautiful logo, Mozilla means business with Firefox for Mobile! Unfortunately this is just for Maemo-based devices, a distribution of Linux based on Debian. Right now ...