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Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 Officialy Released!

Just like Volkan said it would be, Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 (11.0.5705.5043) is now available for customers to download and now includes a new Media Sharing feature, as well as improvements to the Beta 1 release that are based on customer feedback. A list of changes since Windows Media Player 11 Beta 1 (11.0.5358.4827) to Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 (11.0.5705.5043) for Windows XP include: Fixing

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Microsofts Mac Business Unit has launched its first official blog

Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (MBU) has launched its first official blog, which is available on the company’s website. Called ‘Mac Mojo’, the blog is focused on the company’s Office for Mac development. “We decided to create a team blog because we wanted to offer a broad range of voices and perspectives across MBU. Bloggers on this site include developers, testers,

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Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta now available!

Following the recent Windows Live OneCare Family Safety Invites being sent out to Windows Live Butterflies and the appearing of Windows Live OneCare Family Safety on Connect we thought that this Beta would be resticted to only those who had been approved to use it. However the Windows Live OneCare Family Safety Team have announced that the Windows Live OneCare Family Safety

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Flash Tenth Anniversary

Just got word from my friend Eric that Adobe have finally rolled out their Flash Tenth Anniversary Micro site, and well I couldnt agree more with what Eric said to me in his email: I would like to say, this site is just a masterpiece… featured a selection of flash videos combined with flash contents seamlessly. This experience is something you

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Spiralfrog to provide Free Music from Universal

I’m not sure if you’ve heard about this or not yet, but SpiralFrog, the new music download destination, has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, to make UMG’s extensive catalog available for legal downloading in the US and Canada via SpiralFrog’s advertising-supported service. SpiralFrog will offer users of its no-cost web-based service the

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Windows Vista Pre-RC1 Released as Public Download

Windows Vista Build 5536, which was only recently released on Microsoft Connect to participants of the Windows Vista Managed Beta Program, is now available as a public download. However please note that the Windows Vista pre-RC1 build is only available for a limited time Microsoft will close the program when they reach 100,000 downloads.  Download Windows Vista Pre-RC1 Now!

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Microsoft Math v3 Beta Coming Soon

Looks Like Microsoft’s Math v3 Beta is Coming Soon as you can now fill out the Beta Program Application on Microsoft’s Connect Site. Microsoft Math is a set of mathematical tools that will help you get your work done quickly and easily. At the heart of Microsoft Math is a full-featured graphing calculator with extensive graphing and equation-solving capabilities. You can

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MSN Alerts is now Windows Live Alerts

Check out MSN Alerts (http://alerts.msn.com) it’s now Windows Live Alerts (http://alerts.live.com) A Better Way To Update Your Readers… for FREE! Drive more traffic to your blog by distributing content using the Windows Live Alerts service Automatically alert readers to new posts via desktop alert, email, or mobile device Windows Live Alerts gives your readers control of when and where they