Neowin News Feed for: Release candidate

Rumor: Windows Phone 8 SDK enters Release Candidate stage

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:14:06 +0100

Rumor has it that Microsoft has released a Release Candidate of the Windows Phone 8 SDK to select developers, with a public release still expected at the launch on October 29th Read more...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate launched

John Callaham — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:13:38 +0100

Microsoft has released the release candidate build of Visual Studio 2012 Professional, the new and official name for the latest version of its software development tool product. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate download available

Brad Sams — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:44:57 +0100

Microsoft has just gone live with the download links for Windows Server 2012 release candidate, the OS comes in two flavors, 64 bit ISO and VHD. Read more...

Microsoft reveals upcoming Visual Studio 11 changes

John Callaham — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:21:18 +0100

Microsoft has posted up details of some changes it plans to make to Visual Studio 11 as the company prepares to launch a Release Candidate build of the software development tool. Read more...

More Windows 8 pre-Release Candidate screenshots leaked

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:30:35 +0100

A few more minor screenshots from a reportedly leaked copy of the Windows 8 pre-Release Candidate version have now been posted, revealing some of the latest little tweaks to the new OS. Read more...

More Windows 8 Consumer Preview build numbers revealed? [Update]

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:44:02 +0000

A newly leaked list claims to have the latest release candidate build number, 8284.0.winmain.120216-1840, for Microsoft's upcoming Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 Read more...

Mozilla announces Firefox 4 Release Candidate

Steven Parker — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:59:10 +0000

After 12 betas (13 if you used the nightly builds), Mozilla have finally signed off Firefox 4 as a Release Candidate and made it available for download. In a posting on the Mozilla blog they announced... Read more...

Mozilla readies Firefox 4 Release Candidate

Steven Parker — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:09:40 +0000

In a posting on Google Groups, Developer Benjamin Smedberg said in a message to fellow coders that the Mozilla developer hub was "now closed so that release engineering can prepare Firefox 4 release candidates." And this... Read more...

IE9 reaches 36 Million downloads; Increases market share

Steven Parker — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:54:22 +0000

Since its release on February 10th, the IE9 Release Candidate has been downloaded over 11 million times. Together with the IE9 Beta, IE9 has been downloaded over 36 million times since its initial availability on... Read more...

Internet Explorer 9 RC hits 2 million downloads

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:49:45 +0000

Since its debut only a few days ago, Internet Explorer 9 RC has surpassed the two million download milestone. The Windows Team Blog announced today, with excitement, on the success of their HTML5-compliant browser. The... Read more...

Internet Explorer 9.00.8073.6010 screenshots leak to web

Steven Parker — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:24:11 +0000

Russian website winreview.ru has gotten hold of a more recent build of IE9 that is expected to land as the public Release Candidate on January 28. This build, numbered 9.00.8073.6010 (WIN7_IE9_Partner.110113-2300), features notable UI tweaks, sharper... Read more...

Microsoft announces Silverlight 4 RC download, final version next month

Tom Warren — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:34:01 +0000

Microsoft said on Monday that it is making a Release Candidate (RC) version of Silverlight 4 for download. At a keynote for Microsoft's MIX 2010 keynote, Scott Guthrie, Vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, outlined Silverlight... Read more...

Reminder: Windows 7 RC shut downs begin today

Tom Warren — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:08:01 +0000

Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) copies will begin restarting every two hours today. Microsoft officials warned of the prompts and bi-hourly shut downs in early February. A brief summary of the events can be found below: Effective... Read more...

Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4.0 RC released publicly

Tom Warren — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:57:48 +0000

On Tuesday Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4.0 RC to MSDN subscribers. Today, the company has made these releases available to the public. Visual Studio is a development environment that allows developers... Read more...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RC released to MSDN subscribers

Tom Warren — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:10:02 +0000

Microsoft said on Monday that it had shipped a Release Candidate (RC) copy of its development software Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio is a development environment that allows developers to create GUI applications along with Windows... Read more...

Office 2010 RC released to testers

Tom Warren — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:37:49 +0000

Microsoft has released Office 2010 RC to technical beta participants today. The software giant has made available the release Candidate Builds of Microsoft Office 2010 client (build 4734.1000) and server products (build 4730.1010). Earlier this week... Read more...

Microsoft confirms Office 2010 has reached the Release Candidate stage

Tom Warren — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:30:15 +0000

Microsoft officials have confirmed to Neowin that the company recently released a Release Candidate (RC) build of Office 2010 to private beta testers. Early Release Candidate builds began leaking to the web in January this year... Read more...

Windows 7 RC expiration prompts begin in two weeks

Tom Warren — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:46:20 +0000

Microsoft has issued a reminder that in two weeks Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) users will begin receiving expiration notifications. Windows 7 RC does not expire until 1 June 2010 but from February 15 users... Read more...

SmartCode VNC Manager 5.0.10.0 Release Candidate

Mutabor — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:57:33 +0100

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SmartCode VNC Manager is a powerful remote administration and monitoring software application for both the business and home network environments. It is typically used for remote network management, remote system administration and in helpdesk environments.... Read more...

Microsoft hints at Windows 7 Release Candidate for May

Tom Warren — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:08:32 +0000

Thanks to eagle eyed Neowin visitor ThePhoenix, we've spotted that Microsoft have published the Windows 7 RC page at TechNet a little too early. The page indicates it is due to be published in May... Read more...