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Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2 (technical refresh)

Microsoft's last round of updates before the final release of Office 2007 is packed with subtle interface adjustments and new ways to personalise the applications.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 beta 2

Microsoft is spicing up PowerPoint with new templates, animation effects, and image editing tools.

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Microsoft Antispyware (beta)

Microsoft offers its first, free antispyware app, and so far it looks good.

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Microsoft Windows Defender beta 2

With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.

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Microsoft Office Live beta

Microsoft's suite of online tools is designed to help small businesses build and maintain a Web presence and manage projects, contacts, and tasks.

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Users report IE8 Beta 2 issues

One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, users have started to report issues with its installation and sites and services that are incompatible.

Adobe blasts Apollo into beta through AIR

Adobe Systems on Monday released a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo, that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs.

Microsoft unveils new betas for Office, Vista

Microsoft is aiming to show that, following recent stumbles, it has regained its footing.

Microsoft releases IE 7 beta to public

Microsoft took the wraps off Internet Explorer 7 Tuesday, releasing the new "preview" version of its Web browser to the general public for testing.

Microsoft upgrades search

Microsoft is set to launch on Wednesday the beta version of its new Windows Live Search page, which uses the same behind-the-scenes technology as MSN Search but will eventually become the company's sole search offering.

Should I buy a mid-range Vista PC, or get a MacBook Pro and use Parallels?

Is it worth buying a mid-range $2000-2500 Dell PC or iMac and running Windows Vista on it, or is it better to buy a high-end computer like the MacBook Pro and run Vista using Parallels?

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

How to store your files online

Six options for sharing, backing up and storing your files online.

Find files faster

Hard-disk real estate is so plentiful and cheap now, finding what we really want or need among the gigabytes of detritus is becoming an issue. We look at some popular programs to banish your file finding nightmares.

How do I know if my PC is ready for Vista?

Hi, I intend switch to Windows Vista when it's released in early 2007, but how can I be sure my PC is fast enough to run it?

Microsoft's two major new software betas: Windows Vista and IE 7

Check out our First Takes of the beta software for Microsoft's upcoming operating system and browser.

Microsoft and Google give away office space

Microsoft and Google are offering free online packages to put your company's touch on its communications and to help build basic Web sites.

Battle of the browser betas

Forget what's available today, let's look ahead and see what the next versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera have in store.

The future of e-mail

We pit the beta versions of Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and Gmail against each other.

Calendars: Yahoo vs. Google

CNET pits Yahoo Calendar against the Google Calendar beta online scheduling service.

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.NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Beta 2 (x86) 2.0.50215

Run and improve performance of applications that were developed using .NET Framework.

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Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 beta

Add a Web browser plug-in for accessing rich interactive applications.

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Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 beta

Add a Web browser plug-in for accessing rich interactive applications.

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Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server beta

Protect your Exchange Server against malware and spam.

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Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint beta

Protect your SharePoint Portal Server from viruses and inappropriate content.

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