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Windows 7 pre-beta (build 6801)

At first glance, Windows 7 appears to be an advanced iteration of Windows Vista, but more consumer-friendly, with many user interface enhancements.

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Google Reader Beta

Google's elegant newsfeed manager for Gmail users is friendly for newbies to RSS.

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

Microsoft's release should retain its browser base but doesn't yet have enough to lure loyal Firefox users back to Internet Explorer.

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Yahoo Mail Beta

Yahoo brings the style and speed of desktop e-mail services to the Web.

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Google Desktop 4 beta

Google Desktop 4 beta is less clunky than its predecessor and we love the zippy search and creative Sidebar Gadgets. Still, we're wary of handing over our computing habits to Google's servers.

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Skyfire mobile browser bulks up for open beta

California start-up Skyfire has announced its Web browser for Windows Mobile devices has gone into public beta, making the latest version available for download.

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.

News site Digg digs deeper

Digg, the Web site where users decide what is newsworthy, unveiled a revamped public beta site last week that expands beyond technology news and lets people "dig" videos too.

Joost goes one beta better

Commercial launch of on-demand Web program to feature Anderson Cooper, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," ads, new partnerships.

Opera Mini 4.1 steps out of beta

Opera has sewed up a short beta run of Opera Mini 4.1 declaring the mobile phone browser build stable enough to institute as the latest product standard.

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

Sites to make New Year's resolutions stick

Resolutions may be made to be broken, but these Web sites help you get granular with goals, and then nag if you fall short.

Web TV Top 10

Here's a list of 10 must-have Web TV bookmarks that are guaranteed to help you find something online worth seeing.

Toolbar tussle for Internet Explorer

Google and Yahoo have recent updates for their toolbars for Internet Explorer. How do they compare? Is one so much better than the other that you should switch your favourite search and Web mail provider?

Start-page smackdown: Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle and Live.com

Want to create your own homepage? We put four personalised start pages through their paces and rank them according to looks, features and performance.

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Small News 0.03 beta

View breaking news on your desktop.

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GreatNews 1 build 379 beta

Read RSS articles like in a newspaper.

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NetNewsWire 3.1.7b7 beta

Keep up with current events via RSS news feeds based on your criteria.

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MT-NewsWatcher (OS X) 3.5.3b3 Beta

Find and read Usenet messages.

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360desktop public beta

Create a new desktop workspace that enables Web widgets and 360-degree wallpaper.

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