Tag: beta

  • OpenOffice 3.0 Beta launched

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    Tom Raftery
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    OpenOffice, the free opensource office suite, released OpenOffice 3.0 Beta yesterday. This latest release now runs on Mac OS X without requiring X11 to be running as well. And there are versions for Windows and Linux obviously. There are a host of new features like ODF Support, Office 2007/8 import/export and support for up to…

  • Joost updates, Viacom and social networking

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    I posted the other day about Joost having released a client for Mac. Joost have since released an updated Mac client app which addresses a couple of issues with the first one. I have tried it out and find that the video is still quite jumpy – stopping and starting frequently which is something people…

  • Running Windows on OS X

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    Tom Raftery
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    Actually Sprinting Windows on OS X might be a more accurate post title or Screaming Windows, or… Parallels is virtualisation software which allows you to run other OS’s on your Mac. I splashed out recently and bought myself a new 15″ MacBook Pro (2.16ghz intel core duo, 2gb ram, 120gb hd). Now that I have…

  • Firefox 2 Beta 1 review

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    Mozilla announced yesterday the release of the latest beta version of Firefox – Firefox 2 Beta 1. I downloaded a copy to try it out. As always on the Mac, install was the extremely straightforward drag and drop. On launching, Firefox checked my extensions and disabled almost all of them (except Adblock – phew!). It…

  • Video Skype finally rolled out – PC only!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Skype today launched their Skype 2.0 application, complete with video calling capabilities! I’m a little confused, though because although Skype refer to the application as Skype 2.0 in their press release, it is called Skype 1.4 on the Mac download page. Ok, just downloaded Skype 1.4 Beta for Mac OS X and I can’t find…

  • Firefox 1.5 rc2 released

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    I see Mozilla have released RC2 of Firefox 1.5. RC2 means release candidate 2 – in other words this is not a completed product, it is released as a beta. The release notes for Firefox 1.5 note that RC2 gives several fixes to automated update system over RC1. While RC1 has lots of updates over…