Windows 7 Beta was released two days and Microsoft’s servers went for a toss. The problems have now been fixed and you can now download the ISO directly from Microsoft servers. You can even pick it up using Bittorrent or other Torrent software. However, to use Windows 7 Beta, you need to register at Microsoft to receive a serial key. Without the key, Windows 7 will expire in 30 days. Of course, with the key it expires on August 1, 2009. So, please do not consider this as your free lifetime copy of Windows 7. Run it to test it…

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Google Chrome is an actively developed browser. At the time of this post, the current development version is 2.0.156.1. Google publishes release updates to different release channels as follows: Stable channel. A fresh installation of Google Chrome puts you in this channel. The Stable channel is updated with features and fixes once they have been thoroughly tested in the Beta channel. Beta channel. This contains monthly releases of relatively stable features of Google Chrome. The Beta channel is more stable than Dev, but may lack the polish one expects from a finished product. Developer preview channel. The Dev channel is…

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In.com, the world’s smallest email address, which launched less than three months ago is now out of beta. In.com has become extremely popular among Indian websites. In.com’s email service Mail.in.com is now out of beta. The email services boasts of 10GB space, an AJAX interface and several features: 24 hour / 7 day / 365 days a year helpdesk Direct access to mail through Mail.in.com site Inbox Loads Twice as Fast Instant Compose Mail Tab Better Inbound Spam Filtering Basic Mail interface : For those with slow connections, or old browsers Linked Messages : See all mails related to a…

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Windows 7 has come out an amazing new method of handling windows. Windows XP and Vista are without this features. The feature that I am talking about is the ability to drag windows to snap them along the sides of your screen. AeroSnap is a simple but powerful application that allows you to resize, arrange or maximize your desktop windows with just drag’n’drop. Simple drag a window to a side of your desktop to snap it or drag it to the top to maximize. When you drag it back to the last position, the last window size will be restored….

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My favourite feed reader FeedDemon is now sporting a brand new 2.8 Beta 2. I have been using FeedDemon for nearly two years now and never looked back. Infact, I even started using NewsGator Go! for my Nokia N73 to read feeds when on the move. Few Changes in 2.8? Items can now be tagged and these tags are synchronized with your NewsGator Account New “Share Icon” on the newspaper allows you to quickly add items to your shared clippings FeedDemon by default only synchronizes New items thereby reducing the bandwidth used and speeding up the update process Toolbar cleaned…

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Inside Adsense reports that Adsense is now available for web-based games. As a beta user of AdSense for Games, you can display video ads, image ads, or text ads within your online games to earn revenue. You’ll be able to show these ads in placements you define, such as interstitial frames before a game, after a level change, or when a game is over. Members of our AdWords team will sell your in-game ad placements directly to top brand advertisers, and you’ll also see contextually targeted text and image ads based on content and demographic information. How do you qualify?…

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Last week Microsoft released Windows Live Writer Beta. The release includes added support for video. You can now insert videos from Soapbox and YouTube, as well as upload to them. There is a new skin and several more feature enhancements for images, better features to author blogs. You can spell check in several more languages. For me, English is the only language, so not much benefit for me there! One of the best features I like is the ability to add categories directly to my WordPress blog with search and type-down filtering. Give it a shot, if you haven’t already….

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Do you have a huge amount of software installed and are simply fedup of checking regularly to see if there is a new version available or not? Enter FileHippo.com Update Checker. The Update Checker will scan your installed programs and then compare their versions with those available at FileHippo.com. The comparison is really fast and within a few seconds, the tool opens up a browser window with a list of software that needs to be updated. It even displays the Beta updates separately in case you are interested in those. You can then download the files and install them. The…

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For the first time in history, Adobe has released a public beta of it’s flagship product, Photoshop. The beta is not free. You need to have a serial of either Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Creative Suite® 2, Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio, Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web Bundle or Adobe Video Bundle. Boasting of several new features the beta is available in English only for both Mac and Windows Platforms. Photoshop CS3 beta will expire soon after the launch of Photoshop CS3 in Spring 2007. Photoshop CS3 Page on Adobe Labs Download Photoshop CS3 (requires free registration) Get CS3 Beta…

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Opera has released the latest weekly update to their popular browser. There are two main changes this time are an update to the Wand format and fixes to the fraud protection. Wand is Opera’s method of storing passwords. The passwords are stored in a wand.dat file. This update changes the format, so if you are upgrading remember to keep a backup. The other update is improvement in the fraud protection to prevent RCSR. Earlier this week it was reported that IE and Firefox are vulnerable to this. Opera is not vulnerable, but with this update the protection has been improved…

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