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Beta hack rattles Microsoft
News Microsoft is investigating a security breach on a server that hosts its Windows beta community, which allows more than 20,000 Windows users a chance to test software that is still in development. As a result of the break-in, Microsoft advised beta...
[October 17, 2002, 7:40]
Microsoft pulls early Office 2003 beta
News The Redmond, Washington-based company posted Office 2003 Beta 2 on its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site on Wednesday, with access available to individuals or businesses subscribing to the service.
[February 20, 2003, 7:32]
OpenOffice gets the Zulu touch
Talkback Afrikaans is still in beta and has not been released. In fact it seems to have been in beta for over a year. Of course what the unnamed Microsoft spokesman forgot to mention was that: So to say that Microsoft is available in those languages is...
[September 6, 2004, 7:29]
New Office beta to launch next week
News A Microsoft spokesman declined to comment about the new beta ahead of its official release, which could possibly be delayed because of last-minute problems or a change in the company's plans. Microsoft plans to officially launch Office 2003 Beta 2...
[March 5, 2003, 7:43]
Microsoft will fight phishing before IE7 launch
News A Microsoft spokesman told ZDNet UK the company will "will soon expand protection to customers through a beta of the Microsoft Phishing Filter for MSN Search Toolbar, and potential other delivery vehicles in the future," the spokesman said.
[August 25, 2005, 17:55]
Smart watches tell Microsoft time
News We wanted to extend the beta testing to ensure a good customer experience. Wristwatches embedded with Microsoft's smart technology are expected to appear in US retail stores next month, in a move that comes after a delay of several months, a...
[December 17, 2003, 11:30]
Microsoft mistakenly grants testers full access
News For about 36 hours this week, registered beta testers could view, but not post, new messages on any of the various discussion groups Microsoft hosts for its products that are in beta testing. He said the company inadvertently gave full discussion...
[August 7, 2003, 11:10]
Gartner: Vista will be delayed again
News We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q-07 (second quarter of 2007), which is nine to 12 months after Beta 2. We remain on track to deliver Windows Vista Beta 2 in the second quarter and to deliver the final product to...
[May 3, 2006, 9:35]
Microsoft taps execs to test tablet PCs
News At Microsoft's CEO conference, the more than 100 attendees will receive beta versions of tablet devices, a Microsoft spokesman said. Microsoft is planning to hand out tablet PCs to attendees at its CEO Summit on Wednesday, giving top-level...
[May 22, 2002, 16:22]
Sun vs MS: Let's call the whole thing off
News And, indeed, a number of testers who have been dabbling with Beta 1 of Visual Studio .Net -- which Microsoft released at Fall Comdex this year and is due to ship in the latter half of 2001 -- said Microsoft's new language almost completely...
[December 11, 2000, 12:51]
Comment: Microsoft needs better PR
News March 17 came and went without a Microsoft press release on the fact that the company delivered Release Candidate 1 of Windows 2000 Beta 3. If I were a Microsoft flack and had been behind the keyboard, I would have proclaimed triumphantly...
[March 19, 1999, 14:46]
Microsoft's Millennium meltdown?
News We do some things in the more advanced betas that could end up disabling certain things as part of the beta process," a company spokesman said, adding that Microsoft remains "confident we will ship [Millennium] in the year 2000.
[March 13, 2000, 15:31]
US Report: Microsoft ordered to turn over code to Caldera
News Caldera officials said Microsoft must turn over full source code for MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, including the source for various interim beta versions of the products to Caldera's lawyers and expert witnesses.
[July 30, 1998, 9:08]
Windows 2001 leaked on the Web
News After signing up Mars beta testers last autumn, Microsoft sent out a note telling them that it had delayed the start of the beta because the company was "rethinking some of our most basic assumptions" regarding the future of user interfaces.
[March 22, 2000, 8:53]
'Time bomb' strikes Visual Studio.Net beta
News Microsoft has alerted attendees of its recent TechEd conference that the second beta of Visual Studio.Net, which was handed out at the show, contains a 30-day "time bomb" that will cause the product to expire on 31 July.
[July 11, 2001, 11:18]
Microsoft drops Smart Tags from Windows XP
News Although the Smart Tags feature was included in Internet Explorer 6, the Web browser that is bundled with current beta versions Windows XP, it will be dropped from the final product. At this time we just don't believe it's going to be ready when...
[June 28, 2001, 8:47]
Windows Server 2003 gets 'Big Brother'
News So that Office 2003 testers can try out the permissions feature, Microsoft plans to offer a "trial hosted service" concurrent with Beta 2, a Microsoft spokesman said. Microsoft had planned to announce RMS next week, but apparently changed its plans...
[February 24, 2003, 5:53]
Microsoft's Live software push threatens smaller firms
News Microsoft plans to roll it out slowly, beginning with an invitation-only beta test that is scheduled to start early next year. A Microsoft representative clarified later on Tuesday that it won't charge for phone calls during the beta of Windows...
[November 2, 2005, 15:10]
AOL plugs AIM security hole
News As previously reported, the security bug affected AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 4.7 and the 4.8 beta, or test version. A much smaller subset of that group is running version 4.7 and the 4.8 beta, but Conover used the 100 million figure to...
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
XP update to sport more than just fixes
News Depending on availability of the beta, or testing, versions of the service pack, PC manufacturers could debut new Windows XP products for the holidays. Microsoft will deliver the first major update to Windows XP as early as the third quarter, a...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
