In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday simultaneously released beta versions of its three major upcoming software releases -- Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server, code-named Longhorn.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will release a beta version of Windows Media Player 11, a more stylish version of its media software that mimics the sleekness of its main competitor, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.

Microsoft Corp. has released a beta of Windows Live Messenger, the next version of its MSN Messenger instant messaging service, it announced Tuesday.

Google Inc. has released a free version of the SketchUp application for creating, viewing and modifying 3D images it acquired when it bought @Last Software Inc. in March.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday launched a beta version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser, emphasizing new security features designed to defeat security problems that plagued earlier editions.

Google Inc. plans to revamp its enterprise search devices on Wednesday when it announces a new version of its Google Mini for small and medium-sized businesses and an upgrade to its Search Appliance for larger organizations.

Az American Power Conversion (APC) bemutatta új moduláris hűtési megoldásait a nagy teljesítménysűrűségű és ezért fokozott hűtési problémákat jelentő alkalmazások pontos és tervezhető hűtésének támogatásához.

The delay in Windows Vista will affect the next version of Office, too. Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will put off the consumer release of Office 2007 so it is in line with the new release schedule for Vista.

Az Adobe megjelentette az Adobe XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) Toolkit Version 4.0-t, amely a cég új 'fáljcímkéző' technológiáját képviselő szoftver megjelenés előtti pre-release verziója.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed a higher-capacity version of its solid-state disk (SSD), a flash-memory based replacement for hard-disk drives, and is showing it at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, this week.

A new preview version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, with tabbed browsing, an integrated search box, and RSS support -all features long taken for granted by Firefox users -is now available.

Google Inc. launched an early test version of a Web page creation and hosting service on Thursday and hours later stopped accepting sign-ups, citing overwhelming demand.

Vyatta, an open-source router company, released the first beta version of its WAN router code this week, with the goal of becoming the networking equivalent of Linux or Firefox, but taking aim at Cisco instead of Microsoft.

Microsoft Corp. plans to give users a first look at its Office Live hosted service on Wednesday, according to the company. Microsoft plans to offer the service in three versions, one of which will be advertising-supported and free of charge to customers.

DataViz Inc. planned to release a new version of its RoadSync 2 software on Monday that will let users of certain Symbian smart phones receive push e-email from corporate Microsoft Outlook accounts.

Google Inc. plans to release on Monday an improved test version of its browser toolbar whose functionality can be extended with custom buttons.

Az American Power Conversion (APC) bemutatott négy új áramellátást biztosító laptop táskát, amelyek az úton lévő felhasználók munkavégzését könnyítik meg. Az APC új, elegáns kivitelű táskái mobiltelefonok, PDA-k és laptopok számára biztosítanak folyamatos áramellátást.

Microsoft Corp. has issued a patch for a preliminary version of its Vista OS for the same graphics-rendering problem that raised concerns about current versions of the Windows OS earlier this month.