Windows XP Professional x64 Edition RC1 tested review
Reviews Just before Christmas, Microsoft finally made Release Candidate 1 of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition available to testers. If previous experience with Microsoft operating system releases is replicated, Build 1289/RC1 will be followed by a...
[January 5, 2005, 12:10]
Windows 7 RC1 made available for download
News However, Painell revealed on Wednesday that two features present in the beta — a built-in Bluetooth audio driver and the ability to have a guest account — have been dropped from the release candidate.
[April 30, 2009, 14:00]
Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' Release Candidate
Blog The Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 was made available yesterday, and I have now installed it on all four of the laptop/netbook systems here. Since this is now the Release Candidate, and the final release is less than a week away, I think it is...
[April 17, 2009, 17:19]
Symantec, Windows users beset by Vista SP1 flaws
News We were pleased to find that many of the reports that caused our original concern were on pre-release builds of the service pack and were addressed by improvements made between the release candidate and final builds.
[March 20, 2008, 15:44]
Microsoft and Kodak get snappy about Windows XP
News Significantly, Microsoft has "not signed off" on the driver and it is not included in the current version of Windows XP, called Release Candidate 2. Although the driver could be downloaded, a dialogue box will appear on the PC stating that the...
[August 1, 2001, 11:02]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 2
Blog Vector Linux came out with a new Release Candidate, RC4, so I gave that a try. The screen resolution is really a minor issue right now, especially because it is still using the VESA driver, not the Chrome9 specific driver.
[January 29, 2009, 14:02]
Vista to XP - Two weeks later
Blog Comment Tonight I fitted an Nvidea FX5200 into a tower that is running Vista Ultimate, and the driver that was available from Nvidea for download was dated 2006, and this is not even a release candidate - Go figure !
[December 31, 2007, 0:18]
Microsoft may face first year-on-year sales drop
News The software maker has had a largely positive response to the beta version and is expected to come out with a near-final 'release candidate' version in the coming weeks. In general, new operating systems are not necessarily the biggest driver of...
[April 23, 2009, 15:46]
Symantec finds flaws in Vista's core
News There have been security-related changes in subsequent builds, and we expect more changes up until the final release candidate," he noted. Also, an attacker could disable a mechanism to block unsigned driver software to run on Vista PCs by...
[August 10, 2006, 8:30]
Windows 7 Ultimate review
Reviews It's important to note that the public testing process for Windows 7 involved one limited-availability beta and one release candidate, and constituted what some have called the largest shareware trial period ever.
[August 4, 2009, 14:44]
Get Set... (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)
Blog As of the Release Candidate it is still not perfect, and it has some significant restrictions, but it certainly does work. This is, of course, dependent on the specific display adapter in a notebook, and the device driver available for it.
[October 29, 2008, 10:08]
Ubuntu Karmic Koala gets release candidate
News Canonical, sponsors of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, issued the release candidate for the Karmic Koala version on Thursday. According to Canonical, new Intel video driver architecture in the kernel solves performance problems that were...
[October 23, 2009, 12:55]
Internet voting gets stamp of approval
News Moon said the Michigan Democratic Party would release a more detailed breakdown of what type of voter chose which candidate later this week. In addition, the ESC Web site asked voters for personal information to verify their identity, such as a...
[February 10, 2004, 10:30]
Windows 8/2012- Intel graphics driver support
Talkback Its quite ironic, because 5 years ago, I was trying to install Linux- Fedora Core 3, and having to search forums for possible solutions to driver issues such as getting dual display. By supporting the chipsets people install Windows 7 find it works...
[May 11, 2009, 9:28]
