An image of what appears to be a re-designed Hotmail interface has been spotted in a Microsoft advertisement that provides the best look yet of the total-overhaul of the Hotmail platform. More...

Samsung has been focusing heavily on its Android devices of late, but a new report indicates that it hasn't given up on Windows Phone, with three new handsets due before the end of the year. More...

The Building Windows 8 blog has posted up another entry that details refreshing and resetting your PC. The detailed post goes indepth about the upcoming Windows 8 features. More...

Google has begun rolling out an update to their mobile platforms. The new interface refresh comes with additional options, making it easier to get to Google apps, such as YouTube, Gmail and others, much more... More...

A new report suggests that Apple is gearing up to launch an update to its MacBook Air line to include Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt. An update in the summer would not be out of the... More...

Apple's line of hardware have been going under a pretty steady refresh rate in the past couple of months or so. First came an updated line of MacBook Pros; then came the successor to the... More...

Facebook has begun rolling out an updated photo viewer to all users following a limited trial last year and as with all changes to the site, Facebookers are divided over the new viewer. Around October 2010,... More...

Recently, supplies of the current Apple Macbook Pro line-up are starting to become tight, as signs are now showing that a refresh is imminent. 9to5mac have reported that Apple are no longer taking reservations of certain... More...

Google is known for sporadically rolling out new updates or test changes to the user interface for their search engine. Recently, the search giant has added something a little extra to their web page regarding... More...

Google on Wednesday announced the release of their latest homepage and search design. The new “metamorphosis” reveals a cleaner page design with a left-aligned navigation pane and a brand new logo. The new left-hand navigation... More...

Apple took their store down briefly this morning to introduce a refreshed line up of new MacBook Pros. The entire range of 13.3, 15.4 and 17 inch models have been updated with Intel Core processors... More...

Microsoft has been doing a lot this week to help boost the image of the future for their Live services, along with the recently released "wave 3" of Windows Live utilities, Microsoft has sent an... More...

Nintendo's hugely popular Wii console has entered the internal status of 'early warning' of a major American retail outlet, meaning the current stock-keeping unit will start being phased out within 90 days and will be... More...

A new "Refresh" version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 was made available Tuesday on Microsoft Update, according to Microsoft representatives. The primary goal of the release is for its developers... More...

Today, the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at http://www.foldershare.com/. Those improvements include: ... More...

The Windows team stepped up a gear and have released SP1 RC (Release Candidate) Refresh 2 today. In the past this probably would of been called RC3. Microsoft said this release would reach just 15,000... More...

Install Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate through Windows UpdateWindows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following these... More...

Mary Jo Foley, an online journalist often given the title of “The Microsoft Watcher”, is reporting that the software giant has released a new refresh build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (build 17128... More...

applications. As a platform, our intent is also to enable third parties to supply support for new hardware, technologies, and tools, just as Microsoft Windows provides a platform for others to bring their products and... More...

Oh wow, Thanks Microsoft! They have just posted a refresh of Windows XP Service Pack 3. So if you are still stuck on XP, by choice or not and you're a tester.. then it's available... More...

Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to "click to activate" before they could interact with the control. Microsoft... More...

Apple critics will be happy to know that Apple's refreshed MacBook line of laptops doesn't include Intel's recently announced "Santa Rosa" update to Centrino. Santa Rosa replaces the existing Centrino Duo platform and splits it... More...

From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that we've dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007. The first is... More...

Hello everyone, After months of waiting the new G2 bits are here for both Smartphone and Pocket PC devices! Before installing the new bits you will need to uninstall the current build from your... More...

The Windows Serviceability Team has posted the Beta 2 Refresh of Windows Server 2003 SP2 to connect. Testers have been invited to install build 2805 of the service pack both on Windows Server 2003 R2... More...

Thanks to slimy & nshahzad for posting this and many others who submitted this to our newsdesk. Microsoft will release a Technical Refresh build (4407.1005) for Office 2007 Beta 2 today. The UI is at... More...

According to a German blog, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 Technical Refresh on the 14/15th September. The blog also lists the following: Office 2007 Beta 1: 17.11.2005Office 2007 Beta 1 TR: 13.03.2006?Office 2007 Beta... More...

OnMonday at the Mix '06 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft will issue arefreshed version of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 beta, which the companyis describing as feature complete. The company will also discuss thenext version of... More...

Microsoft has just posted the Beta 1 refresh of Office 2007 to their servers. This refresh build allows testers to use Office 2007 on the Feburary Vista CTP release and features additional UI and stability... More...

According to news.com who sourced a Microsoft spokesperson, Microsoft is planning to release an updated beta version of the companies next generation Office suite, Office 2007. ... More...

Thanks to an anonymous member for sending this our way. Microsoft Mail Beta is Microsoft's brand new web mail service. The product is being built from the ground up based on input and feedback from... More...

Following closely on the heels of our posting yesterday, Microsoft has updated the AntiSpyware application to build 614, up 1 from build 613 which was discussed on Steve Dodson's Blog and posted here yesterday. ... More...

Thanks Spynos for alerting us of this Beta Refresh. VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for developers and system administrators who want to revolutionize software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. ... More...

Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused... More...

According to an interview with Japanese site PC Watch, SCE head Ken Kutaragi said that more hardware intensive games will consume battery life faster for Sony's upcoming PSP handheld console. "Battery consumption will greatly differ... More...

AeroBrowser is a free, streamlined web browser designed to simplify your web browsing experience. It's spyware free, fast, and skinnable. This is a Bug Fix release, but also adds new features such as: Updated... More...

A roadmap for Nvidia's next chipsets has emerged today. Thanks to an image located on an Asian website. According to X-bit labs "Nvidia is expected to release NV48, NV48e, NV43, and NV44 graphics... More...

Because of unexpected thing about releasing Longhorn Transformation Pack 4.0. There's some people who published Windows X's work before he release it himself which still in testing but news goes around so he have to... More...

MR Tech Systray will not only quickly shut down, restart or log off from Windows, it can help keep your hard disk a little cleaner, organize your MP3 files, and tune your system. The MP3... More...

In an email sent to MSN Premium and Plus testers yesterday, Microsoft states a new refresh "beta 4" of the program is due today. This is how the MSN 9 beta has panned out so... More...

Thanks Razor_D for the heads up It appears Microsoft have either been lapse with server security of they're preparing public access to the Technical Refresh of Office 2003 for those who aren't... More...

As we predicted on Wednesday the Office 2003 Beta 2 Refresh is available for download. The Office 2003 Beta 2 Technical Refresh contains improvements that were made using error reports submitted by... More...

Thanks Justin...Dear Valued Office 2003 Technical Beta Participant, We are preparing for the Beta 2 technical release very shortly. You have received this mail because you have indicated you cannot use the... More...

In the Sharepoint Beta 2 Refresh Email on the 17th of June, Microsoft made it clear that migration of its hosted sites would start that day and last until the 19th of June. They also... More...

Many thanks to rjb for sending us this news on the SharePoint Services Beta, as informed by The Microsoft Office System Team: Important! Advance Notice for Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2... More...

Thanks to Bink for this, The site is getting closer each day that the refresh download actually works. Bink has found out that if you go there with an internal build of Office... More...

Thanks KaKao...The Office System 2003 Beta 2 Technical Refresh contains significant stability and performance improvements. The Technical Refresh updates the following Office 2003 system components: Word 2003, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Access 2003,... More...

Howdy all - more info on the tech refresh for Beta 2 of Office 11, straight from Microsoft. Q. When can you expect to see the Office System 2003 Beta 2 Technical... More...

More information is starting to flow about the Office2003 Beta 2 Refresh:You should test Exchange 2003 RC1 with Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 along with the Office Technical Beta Refresh that will be available through Microsoft... More...

Dear Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Beta Tester, Thank you for your test efforts and feedback thus far. A refresh Service Pack 4 Release Candidate (RC) build is now available to download.... More...