<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:11:45.141-08:00</updated><category term='Windows XP'/><category term='Windows Vista'/><category term='Microsoft'/><category term='Microsoft Connect'/><category term='Closed Beta'/><category term='Release'/><category term='Messenger'/><category term='Service Pack'/><category term='Bettasoft'/><category term='Windows'/><category term='Google'/><category term='Welcome'/><category term='Browser'/><category term='Firefox'/><category term='Windows Live Messenger'/><category term='Chrome'/><category term='Final Release'/><category term='Mozilla'/><category term='Beta'/><category term='Release Candidate'/><category term='Internet Explorer'/><category term='Website/Service'/><category term='Operating System'/><category term='News'/><category term='Media'/><category term='Silverlight'/><title type='text'>Bettasoft</title><subtitle type='html'>Bettasoft keeps track of the latest major beta software and services providing developers and testers with info and links from each beta version up to the final release.

Welcome and good beta testing!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-7455495344587668624</id><published>2008-09-08T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T21:07:24.931-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chrome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Browser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Google Chrome Beta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX17nX1TXI/AAAAAAAAADE/ey9TlNUI-qc/s1600-h/GChrome.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX17nX1TXI/AAAAAAAAADE/ey9TlNUI-qc/s200/GChrome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243867745672842610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google's first Browser has been unveiled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's Google &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chrome&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en&amp;amp;brand=CHMG&amp;amp;utm_source=en-hpp&amp;amp;utm_medium=hpp&amp;amp;utm_campaign=en"&gt;DOWNLOAD GOOGLE CHROME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-7455495344587668624?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/7455495344587668624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=7455495344587668624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/7455495344587668624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/7455495344587668624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-beta.html' title='RELEASE: Google Chrome Beta'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX17nX1TXI/AAAAAAAAADE/ey9TlNUI-qc/s72-c/GChrome.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-5365471938158793718</id><published>2008-09-08T20:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T21:08:22.398-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet Explorer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Browser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX2rUFoWvI/AAAAAAAAADM/PGWld6s1Vbg/s1600-h/ie8beta_logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX2rUFoWvI/AAAAAAAAADM/PGWld6s1Vbg/s200/ie8beta_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243868565129943794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beta 2 is here! Go get it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/worldwide-sites.aspx"&gt;DOWNLOAD INTERNET EXPLORER 8 BETA 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More info at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie8/welcome/en/default.html"&gt;Internet Explorer 8 Official Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-5365471938158793718?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/5365471938158793718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=5365471938158793718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/5365471938158793718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/5365471938158793718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/09/release-internet-explorer-8-beta-2.html' title='RELEASE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/SMX2rUFoWvI/AAAAAAAAADM/PGWld6s1Vbg/s72-c/ie8beta_logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-1194538238074527071</id><published>2008-03-19T16:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:14.548-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Windows Vista'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Service Pack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Operating System'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Final Release'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Windows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><title type='text'>FINAL RELEASE: Windows Vista Service Pack 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GgBUXp8oI/AAAAAAAAACw/ViQmFXksdEw/s1600-h/quick_vista.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GgBUXp8oI/AAAAAAAAACw/ViQmFXksdEw/s320/quick_vista.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179596990961021570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Windows Vista SP1 is here!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Microsoft:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"In mid-April, SP1 will automatically download and install on Windows Vista–based PCs that have automatic updating turned on. This is the easiest and most convenient way to update a Windows Vista–based PC, and we strongly encourage using this method. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;You can, however, download and install Windows Vista SP1 manually from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&amp;amp;p=2&amp;amp;SrcDisplayLang=en&amp;amp;SrcCategoryId=&amp;amp;SrcFamilyId=&amp;amp;u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674%26DisplayLang%3den"&gt;Microsoft Download Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=22&amp;amp;p=2&amp;amp;SrcDisplayLang=en&amp;amp;SrcCategoryId=&amp;amp;SrcFamilyId=&amp;amp;u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3db0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674%26DisplayLang%3den"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DOWNLOAD WINDOWS VISTA SP1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-1194538238074527071?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/1194538238074527071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=1194538238074527071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1194538238074527071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1194538238074527071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/windows-vista-service-pack-1.html' title='FINAL RELEASE: Windows Vista Service Pack 1'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GgBUXp8oI/AAAAAAAAACw/ViQmFXksdEw/s72-c/quick_vista.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-4213395400022371326</id><published>2008-03-19T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:14.640-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Service Pack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release Candidate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Operating System'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Windows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Windows XP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (RC2)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GdfEXp8nI/AAAAAAAAACk/WF9Dxt6N9aQ/s1600-h/windowsXP_masthead_ltr.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GdfEXp8nI/AAAAAAAAACk/WF9Dxt6N9aQ/s320/windowsXP_masthead_ltr.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179594203527246450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The near-final version of the latest Service Pack for Windows XP is available.&lt;br /&gt;It is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The final version will probably be completed around Q2 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&amp;amp;DisplayLang=en#filelist"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DOWNLOAD WINDOWS XP SP3 (RC2)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-4213395400022371326?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/4213395400022371326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=4213395400022371326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/4213395400022371326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/4213395400022371326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/windows-xp-service-pack-3-rc2.html' title='RELEASE: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (RC2)'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-GdfEXp8nI/AAAAAAAAACk/WF9Dxt6N9aQ/s72-c/windowsXP_masthead_ltr.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-1416441687813877060</id><published>2008-03-18T16:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:14.736-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mozilla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Browser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Firefox'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Firefox 3.0b4</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-BQSfIyyBI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gmXSR3SE31g/s1600-h/main-feature.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-BQSfIyyBI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gmXSR3SE31g/s320/main-feature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179227850002319378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefox 3 Beta 4&lt;/span&gt; has been released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mozilla claims it has over 900 improvements since the previous beta 3.0b3. Among them are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Better search support in the Download Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zoom in and out the whole page or just the text&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Less memory usage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Faster JavaScript performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Better integration with Windows Vista&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html"&gt;DOWNLOAD FIREFOX 3.0b4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More info at:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Firefox_3_for_developers"&gt;Mozilla Developer Center&lt;/a&gt; for Firefox 3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-1416441687813877060?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/1416441687813877060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=1416441687813877060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1416441687813877060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1416441687813877060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/release-firefox-30b4.html' title='RELEASE: Firefox 3.0b4'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R-BQSfIyyBI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gmXSR3SE31g/s72-c/main-feature.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-3574027144570477104</id><published>2008-03-15T01:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:14.829-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silverlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tLh_Iyx_I/AAAAAAAAACA/5Cf81mBKOHU/s1600-h/silverlogo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tLh_Iyx_I/AAAAAAAAACA/5Cf81mBKOHU/s320/silverlogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177815243848599538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Silverlight 2&lt;/span&gt; is already available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/installationfiles.aspx?v=2.0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/installationfiles.aspx?v=2.0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; SILVERLIGHT 2 BETA 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-3574027144570477104?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/3574027144570477104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=3574027144570477104' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/3574027144570477104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/3574027144570477104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/release-microsoft-silverlight-2-beta-1.html' title='RELEASE: Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 1'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tLh_Iyx_I/AAAAAAAAACA/5Cf81mBKOHU/s72-c/silverlogo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-5058817248102648285</id><published>2008-03-14T20:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:15.090-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Messenger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Closed Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Windows Live Messenger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tI_PIyx-I/AAAAAAAAAB4/F2aaEcmlBmk/s1600-h/live-betas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tI_PIyx-I/AAAAAAAAAB4/F2aaEcmlBmk/s320/live-betas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177812447824889826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MSN / Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta&lt;/span&gt; has been released. At this time it &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;is only available through a closed beta program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To download and test it you'll need to sign up for &lt;a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/"&gt;Microsoft Connect&lt;/a&gt; and be accepted in the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta connection&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-connect.html"&gt;More info about Microsoft Connect and how to get to the beta program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-5058817248102648285?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/5058817248102648285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=5058817248102648285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/5058817248102648285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/5058817248102648285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/windows-live-messenger-90-beta.html' title='RELEASE: Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tI_PIyx-I/AAAAAAAAAB4/F2aaEcmlBmk/s72-c/live-betas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-7582892157883080681</id><published>2008-03-14T20:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:15.262-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Website/Service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Closed Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft Connect'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Microsoft Connect Beta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tFxvIyx9I/AAAAAAAAABw/BQiGBTw517g/s1600-h/MSConnect_Logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tFxvIyx9I/AAAAAAAAABw/BQiGBTw517g/s320/MSConnect_Logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177808917361772498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new version of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microsoft Connect&lt;/span&gt; website has been released and it's expected to run as beta for about 6-8 weeks before it's updated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://connectbeta.microsoft.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JOIN MICROSOFT CONNECT BETA:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://connectbeta.microsoft.com/"&gt;http://connectbeta.microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-7582892157883080681?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/7582892157883080681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=7582892157883080681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/7582892157883080681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/7582892157883080681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-connect-beta.html' title='RELEASE: Microsoft Connect Beta'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tFxvIyx9I/AAAAAAAAABw/BQiGBTw517g/s72-c/MSConnect_Logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-1479707842298767591</id><published>2008-03-14T20:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:15.392-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Website/Service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Closed Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft Connect'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><title type='text'>Microsoft Connect</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tEO_Iyx8I/AAAAAAAAABo/_8llQ1G5lOk/s1600-h/MSConnect_Logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tEO_Iyx8I/AAAAAAAAABo/_8llQ1G5lOk/s320/MSConnect_Logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177807220849690562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who want to have access to the latest &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Microsoft internal beta programs&lt;/span&gt; and don't know where to start... &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microsoft Connect&lt;/span&gt; is what you are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign up to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Connect &lt;/span&gt;and to the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Connections &lt;/span&gt;of your interest. If you are accepted you will be able to be part of the beta program, download and test the software for that connection even before the beta version is released to the public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JOIN MICROSOFT CONNECT: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://connect.microsoft.com/"&gt;http://connect.microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-1479707842298767591?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/1479707842298767591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=1479707842298767591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1479707842298767591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/1479707842298767591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-connect.html' title='Microsoft Connect'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9tEO_Iyx8I/AAAAAAAAABo/_8llQ1G5lOk/s72-c/MSConnect_Logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-2199947168583009133</id><published>2008-03-07T05:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:15.401-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mozilla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Browser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Firefox'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Firefox 3.0b3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s9KPIyx7I/AAAAAAAAABg/cfnfCBLtPsU/s1600-h/main-feature.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s9KPIyx7I/AAAAAAAAABg/cfnfCBLtPsU/s320/main-feature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177799442663917490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Firefox 3&lt;/span&gt; was made available on February 12, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;The latest version is 3.0b3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html"&gt;DOWNLOAD FIREFOX 3.0b3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More info at:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Firefox_3_for_developers"&gt;Mozilla Developer Center&lt;/a&gt; for Firefox 3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-2199947168583009133?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/2199947168583009133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=2199947168583009133' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/2199947168583009133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/2199947168583009133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/firefox-3-released.html' title='RELEASE: Firefox 3.0b3'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s9KPIyx7I/AAAAAAAAABg/cfnfCBLtPsU/s72-c/main-feature.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-2761435174769932760</id><published>2008-03-07T00:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:42:15.583-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet Explorer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Browser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Release'/><title type='text'>RELEASE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s8cvIyx5I/AAAAAAAAABQ/_tnCMErdtfk/s1600-h/ie8beta_logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s8cvIyx5I/AAAAAAAAABQ/_tnCMErdtfk/s320/ie8beta_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177798660979869586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On March 5, 2008 Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. (IE8)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the many new features are &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;WebSlices &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Activities&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie8/default.mspx"&gt;DOWNLOAD INTERNET EXPLORER 8 BETA 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More info at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie8/welcome/en/default.html"&gt;Internet Explorer 8 Official Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-2761435174769932760?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/2761435174769932760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=2761435174769932760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/2761435174769932760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/2761435174769932760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/internet-explorer-8-beta-1-released.html' title='RELEASE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ei3ye-MT5o/R9s8cvIyx5I/AAAAAAAAABQ/_tnCMErdtfk/s72-c/ie8beta_logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621179397705923392.post-4848361116934305640</id><published>2008-03-06T23:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T16:13:45.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Welcome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bettasoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beta'/><title type='text'>Welcome to Bettasoft</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bettasoft keeps track of the latest major beta software and services providing developers and testers with info and links from each beta version up to the final release.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"&gt;Welcome and good beta testing! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5621179397705923392-4848361116934305640?l=bettasoft.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/feeds/4848361116934305640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5621179397705923392&amp;postID=4848361116934305640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/4848361116934305640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5621179397705923392/posts/default/4848361116934305640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bettasoft.blogspot.com/2008/03/welcome-to-bettasoft.html' title='Welcome to Bettasoft'/><author><name>Rick Kyle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824268993856345764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
