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Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
News Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its Firefox browser has enjoyed, is due to arrive in near-final form next week. Mozilla Messaging plans to issue release candidate 1 of Thunderbird 3...
[November 6, 2009, 8:50]
News Burst: Microsoft working on next version of Office
News According to Microsoft's Anne Mitchard, marketing manager - personal systems group, the company is working on the next version of Office. Mitchard would not confirm the identity of the new product but chances are it will be called Office 98.
[April 29, 1998, 13:56]
Microsoft testing next version of Exchange
News Microsoft has started testing the next version of its Exchange email and calendar software, a product Microsoft said is designed to run from the ground up as a hosted service that can work simultaneously with more than one business.
[January 14, 2009, 9:12]
Microsoft: No second beta of Windows 7
News Microsoft has confirmed that it will not issue a second beta of Windows 7, saying that the next test version of the operating system will be a near-final release candidate. The next milestone for the development of Windows 7 is the Release...
[February 2, 2009, 12:02]
Red Hat broadens desktop push
News Red Hat will try to reach closer toward mainstream computer users with its next version of Linux, chief executive Matthew Szulik said on Tuesday. The coming version 8 of Red Hat's software, expected to be announced next week, will have an easier...
[September 19, 2002, 8:08]
Major Firefox release delayed
News The next version of Firefox has been delayed for a few months, the Mozilla Foundation confirmed on Thursday. Earlier this week the Firefox roadmap on the Mozilla Web site stated that the next major release of Firefox, called version 1.1, would be...
[July 21, 2005, 17:45]
Longhorn builds in portable protection
News In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give big companies an easy way to block use of iPods and other portable storage devices, while making it easier for consumers to connect their home systems to them.
[September 10, 2004, 12:00]
Microsoft to publish Office prices
News Microsoft plans to reveal pricing and a release date soon for the next version of its Office software, according to analysts. That means Microsoft would need to have a final version of the software to ship to PC manufacturers within the next few...
[August 12, 2003, 14:00]
Microsoft christens its latest baby
News The next version of Windows, until now referred to by its code name Longhorn, finally has an official name: Windows Vista. The company is expected to announce that the first beta of Vista is slated for release as early as next week.
[July 22, 2005, 16:05]
IDF: New Pentium 4 to debut in 2003
News Intel plans to come out with a new version of the Pentium 4 next year and to push a slate of initiatives to make computers and phones sleeker and smaller. The next version of the Pentium 4, code-named Prescott, will enhance desktop performance...
[February 28, 2002, 9:01]
Red Hat publishes Fedora 9 preview
News Red Hat has published a "preview release" of Fedora 9, the next version of its freely available Linux distribution, which will be the last public release before the final edition next month. The final version of Fedora 9 was initially planned for...
[April 22, 2008, 14:40]
Next OS will focus on wireless, says Palm
News The next version of the Palm operating system for handhelds will be available to licensees at the end of the year, according to a PalmSource executive. Devices using the latest version, OS 6, aren't likely to be available until early to the middle...
[May 7, 2003, 10:15]
Navision 4.0 to boost business analytics
News Microsoft has outlined some of new features in the next version of its Navision 4.0 business management application, which is due "sometime towards the end of the year" according to Microsoft Business Solutions Navision product manager Veda Snyman.
[April 6, 2004, 17:45]
Torvalds: Next Linux due by June
News The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, project founder and leader Linus Torvalds predicted on Thursday. Top Linux programmers had been debating whether changes would be grand enough to warrant naming the...
[October 28, 2002, 9:01]
Microsoft confirms Longhorn server
News Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that there will be a server version of Longhorn, the next major version of Windows. The next version of Microsoft's Visual Studio, code-named Whidbey, and the next version of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, are both...
[October 29, 2003, 9:10]
Windows Vista beta due
News Microsoft plans to release a test version of the next version of Windows on Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. A more feature-complete test version is expected to arrive by early next year, as Microsoft aims...
[July 27, 2005, 9:20]
Microsoft mum on server Longhorn
News Microsoft has laid plans for a server version of Longhorn, the next release of Windows. The software giant has said relatively little about Longhorn -- the next desktop version of the Windows operating system -- and even less about the server version.
[August 4, 2003, 14:35]
Gates explains Longhorn changes
News Microsoft on Friday set late 2006 as the deadline for it to ship Longhorn, the next major version of Windows. We had the releases we'd always had planned, the Media (a new version of Windows XP Media Centre) and Tablet.
[August 31, 2004, 11:05]
Microsoft clarifies Exchange migration path
News Microsoft's next version of Exchange has been criticised in some quarters for tying users to .Net Server. Confusion has arisen because the current version of the email server, Exchange 2000, will not run on the next operating system version...
[November 20, 2002, 9:36]
Sun working on StarOffice update
News Sun Microsystems next week will begin offering a trial edition of the next version of its StarOffice software. Sun expects to post the public beta, or test version, of StarOffice 6.1 on its Web site by Wednesday, said Iyer Venkatesan, product line...
[March 10, 2003, 8:35]
