Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 beta has been made available to testers

Microsoft has made the first beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 1 available to testers. This is not a publicly released beta, and probably never will be — it is ready for download by those who Microsoft has invited to … Continue reading

Make Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 6 look like IE9 Beta

As with earlier previews of Internet Explorer 9, the latest release is totally chromeless (there’s no shiny user interface, just a floating window). That can make it a little tricky to test things, but fortunately Ars Technica has posted a … Continue reading

New Facebook app for BlackBerry enters beta

A new version of the Facebook app for BlackBerry is now available from BlackBerry Beta Zone. This is version 1.9, and it brings loads of new features to enhance your Facebook experience on BlackBerry OS devices. First off, there’s now … Continue reading

FaceTime comes to the Mac, beta now available for download

During an event in Cupertino this morning, Apple has announced FaceTime for Mac. A beta version of the application is already available to download. This partially addresses one of the biggest gripes FaceTime users have had with the service — … Continue reading

Google launches In-Page Analytics

Google’s Analytics service is a very useful tool for webmasters to track what their visitors are doing on their sites and what they’re clicking on. However, up until now there was no good way to visualize how visitors navigate on … Continue reading

Mac OS X to get Windows Phone 7 sync beta this year

Despite what you might think, Microsoft’s no stranger to software on a Mac. Its Office suite from the Mac Business Unit is still one of the best-selling pieces of software on OS X. With all the commotion about Windows Phone … Continue reading

HyperDock adds eye candy, functionality to your Mac’s dock

HyperDock is a System Preferences pane, which you can install on your Mac, that adds some nice visual improvements to the dock, as well as some very useful window-handling functionality. Currently, it’s in beta, but you’d never know it; I … Continue reading

How to show more sites on your Internet Explorer new tab page

Internet Explorer 9′s new tab page (or about:Tabs) is a handy way to access your most frequently accessed sites. But suppose you’d like to display more than 10 sites — there’s no way to change the number in IE9′s options … Continue reading

Firefox 4 startup gets faster

Firefox 4 shutdown is already almost instant, but Mozilla has had their sights set on faster start-up times for quite a while. Over the summer, a pair of Mozilla interns looked at simple tweaks which would make Firefox appear faster. … Continue reading

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 9

 Maybe you’ve seen enough of the Internet Explorer 9 beta for now — you just wanted a taste, but you’d rather not use a beta browser on a day-to-day basis. Maybe you just want to know how to uninstall … Continue reading