Gmail drops 'beta' label to woo business customers

After more than five years officially in testing mode, Gmail is finally graduating from "beta."

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Like the Office 2010 Technical Preview, the Office 2010 Beta build, dubbed a "Beta 2" in some circles, has been spotted in the BitTorrent wilds, among other places, one week ahead of its presumed official debut at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference.

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Yesterday, there were a number of stories suggesting that a beta version of Chrome for Mac was due in early December.

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Do You Still Own/Use a VCR?

The other day I was moving some boxes in the garage and came across some VHS tapes.  Some were labeled, some were not, and I had no inclination to take them inside to view them.  Although our entertainment center includes a VCR, we barely use it anymore.  I do have …

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MediaMall Technologies has opened up a beta of the Wii version of its PlayOn streaming media software, already available for PS3, Xbox 360 and other devices.

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While about 6,000 developers got their hands on Wave Monday, a post on the Google Wave developer blog says the company isn't planning to open it up to everyday users until September 30th. At that time, some 100,000 users will be let into the program.

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Opera 10 continues to chug along, and the beta build of the browser has updated for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The publisher has declined to put its proprietary Web server service, Unite, in the build, indicating that it's not yet ready for beta consideration.

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We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years.

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Opera 10 has entered beta with the unstated goal of becoming more than a mere browser.

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Article from Techcrunch reports a beta test gone wrong by startup Imindi. The site recently emailed all of its beta users indicating it had accidentally deleted their accounts.

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The latest Firefox (Firefox reviews) beta is called 3.5 beta 4, and although it sounds like a major change from the current stable version, it's really just a successor to ye olde 3.1 beta. Thus, expect improvements, but don't expect wonders.

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A Best Buy pre-order box reveals that when you buy inFamous you will get Uncharted 2 Multiplayer beta access.

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Gmail turned five on Wednesday, April 1. Launched in 2004 as an invitation-only e-mail service, the Google product now has more than 100 million users. Yet it's still in "beta"—a term of art traditionally reserved for prototype software that's ready for testing. What gives?

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Very cool demos of Chrome's amazing high-speed javascript engine

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We are getting reports that Microsoft's PubCenter, a self serve thirty party ad publishers platform through AdCenter, is doing quite well with beta testers. Microsoft began testing PubCenter last summer.

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Although it came out of beta last December, Google's Chrome browser has a new beta version that is faster than its "stable" version (and buggier too).

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Mozilla has announced the availability of Firefox 3.1 beta 3. Firefox 3.1 introduces support for the HTML 5 video element, the new high-performance TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, and several other compelling features.

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KOffice 2.0 Beta 7, details released.

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Last week's CES saw the announcement of the much anticipated public beta of Windows 7, with 2.5 million license keys promised to beta testers on Friday. Friday arrived, and as is now well-known, Microsoft's servers melted under the load.

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Windows Beta 2.5 Million Limit???

The 2.5 million key limit for the Windows 7 Beta has been discovered to be untrue. Many reports of users, who recieved their keys early Saturday morning, has lead to the discovery that some of the keys are the exact same. In fact, a lot of the keys are the exact same.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system.

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As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full dog and pony show, formally announcing the availability of the upcoming operating system as a public beta.

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Windows 7 Pubilic Beta Becomes True, Gonna Try It?

On January 9th, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows 7 page on Windows.com.

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Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 first impressions.

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Google to release Picasa beta for Mac.

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Here are 45 screen shots of the installation of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000.

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