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Report: 'Unofficial' Netscape 6 beta hits the Web

According to the Windows enthusiast site Betanews.com, an "unofficial" pre-release of the long-awaited Netscape 6 Beta... Read more

30 March, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft makes Windows detour

...told about Neptune yet," said Nate Mook, Webmaster of the Web site BetaNews.com. "You'd think that if (Microsoft) was going to cancel it... Read more

25 January, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

A look at MS's next OS

Earlier in the week, Betanews.com and another online tester site, Activewin.com, were reporting that Microsoft... Read more

26 July, 1999 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft's Allchin: Vista won't need antivirus

...the comments in a telephone conference with reporters on Wednesday, according to betanews.com. He said that while there was no way of knowing that... Read more

10 November, 2006 by Tom Espiner

AIM buddies come at a cost

...Thomas said. The test release of the update was first reported by BetaNews.com. The update also places other features behind the subscription wall. AOL... Read more

16 August, 2004 by Jim Hu

AOL goes broadband with new software

With a software package called AOL 8.0 Plus, the world's biggest ISP hopes to solve the dilemma of its shrinking dial-up customer base Read more

31 March, 2003 by Jim Hu

Microsoft and AOL ink Windows XP pact

...over instant messaging. News of the latest agreement first surfaced on the BetaNews.com Web site. One of the issues currently facing AOL is the... Read more

25 May, 2001 by Peter Galli

Microsoft hunting for Whistler pirate

...Web last Tuesday and was quickly discovered by sites, including Activewin and BetaNews.com. Microsoft denied build existed Initially, after an unsuccessful attempt to locate... Read more

27 March, 2000 by John G.Spooner

'Millennium' may not live up to name

...full-fledged Windows upgrade due by September 1999, said testers connected with BetaNews.Com. Plans to add a new user interface, called Desktop Version 2... Read more

28 September, 1999 by John G.Spooner and Mary Jo Foley

Here comes 'Millennium' - the new Windows

...pulled the press release announcing the release from its site. According to Betanews.com, build 2380.2 of the operating system was to be its... Read more

27 September, 1999 by John G.Spooner

Windows 2000: A moving target - Comment

...to do so by Sept. 15, as the beta testers at www.betanews.com are reporting. Sources close to Microsoft say RC3 is now looking... Read more

3 September, 1999 by Mary Jo Foley

Neptune - the new Windows

Microsoft Corp. is attempting to churn out this month its first internal builds of Neptune, the code name for the first consumer version of Windows built on the NT kernel. Read more

5 July, 1999 by John G.Spooner and Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft offers update to IE 5.0 code

...over the Internet, as noted by beta testers affiliated with the www.betanews.com site. Microsoft has included the updated IE 5.0 code as... Read more

6 April, 1999 by Mary Jo Foley

Win2000: Later '99 (and counting)

...2000 Corporate Preview Program in March, according to Nate Mook, Webmaster with BetaNews.Com. Mook says that testers in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and the United... Read more

18 January, 1999 by Mary Jo Foley

AOL hackers get on Case's case

...yet to confirm or deny the reports which appeared on US newswire BetaNews.com Read more

23 October, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

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