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Beta Reviews

Writely beta

Can Writely replace Microsoft Word? Yes, if you have stable Internet access and don't need a ton of editing and formatting features.

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Blogger beta allows tagging, as well as drag-and-drop layout editing, and it lets you wall off your blog to strangers, but most current Blogger users will have to set up another blog from scratch to try the new features.

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Adobe Photoshop Express Beta

Though there's a lot to like about Adobe's first stab at online photo editing and sharing, you probably want to wait until the company fixes a few problems with the beta — and defangs its terms of service — before uploading scads of photos to Adobe Photoshop Express.

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Skype 2 (beta)

Though Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.

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Google Video (beta)

It turns out that an open, sprawling interface works better for a search engine than a video store. Google Video will have to take a few categorisation notes from Yahoo if it's ever going to challenge the iTunes Music Store.

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Beta News

Poll: Do you want turn-by-turn GPS on the iPhone 3G?

Does the non-availability of turn-by-turn satellite navigation on the iPhone have to do with clause in the development kit forbidding applications "designed or marketed for real time route guidance"?

Adobe hopes Lightroom captures photo trends

Lightroom 2.0 is better at editing just a portion of an image and it plays more nicely with Photoshop. More broadly, it's designed for digital-era photography challenges.

80GB PS3 coming to Australia on 27 August

A larger hard-drive PS3 and Platinum titles confirmed for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe countries.

Google Docs gets limited PDF support

Google Docs, the online office suite from the search giant, now has some limited but still useful support for PDF files.

Firefox 3: New front in the browser war

Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars.

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Beta DIYs and How-to

How to store your files online

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

Newbie's guide to Flock

You've heard about it and you want to try it, but you're a bit scared because you're not a computer whiz. Worry not! CNET's Josh Lowensohn walks you through it.

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.

DIY: Desktop buying guide

What you need to know -- from finding the type of PC that fits your lifestyle to catching up on all of the latest trends.

100 tips to speed up your software

Do more faster with these amazingly useful shortcuts.

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Beta videos

Dashwire 2.0 beta

2008/07/29

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Adobe Acrobat 9 beta

2008/06/20

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Adobe Photoshop Express

2008/04/03

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Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2

2006/05/30

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Microsoft Word 2007 beta 2

2006/05/24

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Beta image galleries

Inside Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Lightroom, like Apple Aperture, is designed for photographers who don't need all the compositing and effects tools in Photoshop. It provides a more work flow-oriented approach to photographic production tasks -- specifically viewing, selecting, organising, retouching, and outputting photos.
How to Install Microsoft Office 2007

Here's what you should know before you invite the new Office onto your hard drive.
Photos: Fellows lifts the veil on Vista

Windows Vista was officially launched at the The Museum of Contemporary Art of Sydney. It was also an unofficial handover of sorts from outgoing Microsoft Australia managing director Steve Vamos to Tracey Fellows, who starts her stint next week.
Around and about the Macworld floor

Despite what you may see in the press, Macworld isn't just about the iPhone. Scores of companies gather at the conference each year to show off their wares to the estimated 40,000 attendees.
Inside Firefox 2

Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor.