Category: Software
Firefox 3 rolls closer to official launch, is "ready for prime time"
Perhaps spurred on by the recent release of Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla has announced that version three of their Firefox browser is “ready for prime time”…
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 released, may break some stuff
Microsoft has announced that the first Service Pack — funnily enough called SP1 — is now available for all versions of the latest Windows Vista operating system.
Unfortunately, the company says that the update could well break a number of pieces of software, which is unfortunate given that quite a few bits of software stopped working properly (or at all) in the transition from XP to Vista…
Apple launches Safari 3.1 "world's fastest browser"
Apple has just released version 3.1 of its Safari web browser, which it claims is the fastest web browser currently available for both Mac and PC.
The claim is that Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2, and runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers. It’s also supposed to adhere to the latest in web standards, making it highly compatible with a range of Web 2.0 applications. Added functionality includes new HTML 5 video and audio tags, CSS web fonts and animations…
Windows 7 coming in 2010… probably
According to reports, Microsoft has confirmed that its next version of Windows will be available in 2010.
Windows 7 will succeed Windows Vista, with Microsoft explaining that it had always scheduled its next operating system launch for three years after Vista was launched to consumers. That was January last year…
Internet Explorer 8 ready for download, Facebook ready and all
Microsoft demonstrated the latest incarnation of Internet Explorer at the MIX08 conference yesterday, and then promptly surprised the audience by announcing it’s ready for immediate download.
The demo showed off some of its new features. As we reported, it’s web standards-compliant by default.
Microsoft launches Office Live Workspace beta worldwide
Yesterday, Microsoft launched their web-based extension of their Office suite, which will allow users to access and share documents online.
Almost any Internet-connected computer can be used to access Office documents, with the ability to save over one thousand documents online. Users can then view and comment on documents, create simple web lists and notes, and share documents in real time using Microsoft SharedView.
DreamSpark: Microsoft offers registered students free developer software
Microsoft has made a seemingly smart move by giving away bundles of developer software for free to registered students in 11 countries.
The DreamSpark programme goes live today in the UK, Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and the United States, and offers software including Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Windows Server, and XNA Game Studio 2.0.
WebEx PCNow extends remote access to and from the Mac
WebEx has announced that the PCNow remote-access service is now available for Mac users.
Windows 7 promises touchscreen technology to "blow iPhone away"
According to a Microsoft engineer's blog, the next version of Windows (version seven) will contain touchscreen features which will blow the iPhone away. "I will say that if you are impressed by the 'touch features' in the iPhone, you'll be…
uHavePassed.com provides driving theory software for mobile-toting Learner Drivers
The CEOs at Luzia Research must be done quizzing their teenaged offspring about what the ‘yoof of today want to help them in passing their driving theory tests, and have launched uHavePassed.com for UK driving-hopefuls.
There’s a free version of the software on the site, available to download to mobile handsets, which contains more than 1,000 driving theory questions and related games to aid you in your aspirations to tear…
