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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]
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]
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]
GNOME 2.10 reaches beta
News The next stable version of Linux desktop environment GNOME, which was released in beta last week, includes an improvement to the Evolution mail client. The final version of GNOME 2.10 is due on March 9.
[February 8, 2005, 16:30]
New Linux in Autumn, says Torvalds
News Speaking at a trade show in San Jose, California, Torvalds told the Washington Post that the next version will offer compatibility advantages with high-end and multi-processor computers over the current kernel 2.2.
[August 19, 2000, 7:10]
Microsoft plans 'Windows 7' release
News Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows — known internally as version "7" — within roughly three years. While the company provided few details, Windows 7, the next client version of the operating system, will be among the...
[July 23, 2007, 7:35]
ARM hands new chip design to Intel, TI
News Chip designer ARM Holdings announced Monday that it has licensed the next version of its processor architecture to Intel and Texas Instruments. Saxby noted that such advances are critical to recover the substantial investment that the wireless...
[July 31, 2001, 9:18]
Exchange Server 12 to ship in 2006
News The next version of Microsoft's Exchange Server - software used to manage email, contact lists and calendars - will arrive in 2006, according to a company executive. The current version of Exchange Server was released in 2003.
[March 31, 2005, 16:20]
Microsoft announces Longhorn release date
News Longhorn, the next major version of Windows for desktop PCs, will debut in 2005 and will usher in a new level of graphics for PCs, Microsoft executives said on Wednesday. The software maker plans to introduce the new file system as part of Longhorn...
[May 8, 2003, 10:56]
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]
Collaboration takes centre stage for Office 12
News Recognising a shift in the way people work, Microsoft is putting more emphasis on collaboration in the next version of Office. The ability to handle VoIP technology is "one of the core features [Microsoft is] building into the next version of...
[May 17, 2005, 9:20]
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]
Windows Server update will pre-empt Longhorn
News Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it is looking to update its server operating system before the release of next major version of Windows but offered few details on what the new software release will contain.
[March 8, 2004, 8:10]
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 delays Mac IE 5
News Microsoft is pushing back its shipping schedule for the next Mac version of Internet Explorer. As for the future of Microsoft Office on the Mac platform, Kwong said that while the Mac Business Unit has "started thinking about the next version of...
[September 8, 1999, 9:42]
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]
Linux heavies play version name game
News Linus Torvalds and other central Linux programmers are debating whether the next version of the operating system should be numbered 2.6, or if its new features merit the grander designation 3.0. Version numbers, while in one sense mere labels...
[October 3, 2002, 7:46]
Microsoft pulls early Office 2003 beta
News Microsoft on Wednesday inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office. On Tuesday, Microsoft notified Office 2003 beta testers that they would receive their...
[February 20, 2003, 7:32]
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]
KDE developers focus on accessibility
News Developers behind the next version of KDE, an open-source Linux desktop environment, are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities, a conference has heard. The next version of KDE, which will either be called 3.4 or...
[August 25, 2004, 17:35]
