Archives for the ‘Pre-Release’ Category

More Windows 7 M3 Screenshots Leaked

Last week we saw a revamped version of Paint in the third Windows 7 milestone. At the time there weren't any other screenshots available, but it looks as though someone who got their hands on Windows 7 M3 has decided to post some screenshots showing off more of the enhancements.

September 22nd, 2008
More Windows 7 M3 Screenshots Leaked

Sweet! Microsoft Spruces up Paint in Windows 7 M3

Here you thought that Windows 7 wasn't going to bring that "killer" feature we've all been waiting for. Well, you were wrong... big time! The third milestone of Windows 7 has been shown off to what appears to be a small group of people, and in it users are noticing that apps like Paint and Wordpad are adopting the Office 2007 Ribbon style interface.

September 17th, 2008
Sweet! Microsoft Spruces up Paint in Windows 7 M3

IE8 Beta 2 Download – Colored Tabs, an “Awesome Bar”, and More

When Mozilla launched Firefox 3 there were some people who weren't fond of the changes they made to the address bar. With it they decided to intermingle results from the user's history, bookmarks, and typed addresses to provide a long list of sites they might be trying to find.

August 28th, 2008
IE8 Beta 2 Download – Colored Tabs, an “Awesome Bar”, and More

Ubiquity: Where the Command Line Meets Firefox

Mozilla has released a new prototype extension that attempts to bring the command line to the browser. The extension, called Ubiquity, uses a set of predefined commands to do things like map an address the user has highlighted, shoot off an email, and more.

August 27th, 2008
Ubiquity: Where the Command Line Meets Firefox

Firefox 3.1 to Get More JavaScript Speed Optimizations

Mozilla is looking to drastically improve the JavaScript performance in Firefox 3.1 when it is released later this year. When Firefox 3 was released back in June it included a significant boost in the JavaScript performance arena, but will they be able to do it again?

August 25th, 2008
Firefox 3.1 to Get More JavaScript Speed Optimizations

Opera 9.60: Feed Previews, History Sync, and More

The Opera team is pushing on after a big milestone release of their browser just a few months ago. Late last week they unveiled a pre-release version of Opera 9.60 for those of you who want to assist in the bug hunt, or just want a glimpse of what the future holds.

August 25th, 2008
Opera 9.60: Feed Previews, History Sync, and More

Shareaza Team Launching New File Sharing Client Soon

The open-source file sharing application Shareaza has been going through some tough times lately. They had their domain hijacked by a company called Discordia Ltd. back in December 2007, which is the same company who turned Bearshare and iMesh into paid services. On the Shareaza.com site they then started offering an app called "Shareaza 4" that promotes legal downloads.

August 19th, 2008
Shareaza Team Launching New File Sharing Client Soon

Ubuntu 8.10 Screenshot Gallery: New Human-Murrine Theme

The last few Alpha releases of Ubuntu 8.10 have been a bit controversial because of the dark brown theme, called NewHuman, that it was shipping by default. Good news for those of you who weren't too fond of that theme...

August 14th, 2008
Ubuntu 8.10 Screenshot Gallery: New Human-Murrine Theme

Firefox Mobile Progress Update

It was almost one year ago that we first got a glimpse of what Firefox Mobile looked like running on the Nokia N800. Then in January we saw some mockups of what their iPhone-like interface might look like for other devices, and even more recently we saw a video demonstration that knocked our socks off with an intuitive tab navigation system.

August 14th, 2008
Firefox Mobile Progress Update

New Digsby Getting Huge Performance Boost

A few months ago we tried out Digsby, and our verdict was that it's one of the best cross-network messenger clients available. The only downside was that when it came to the performance of Digsby things weren't so pleasant.

August 11th, 2008
New Digsby Getting Huge Performance Boost