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Prepare to upgrade: Windows 7 Beta will turn into nagware on June 1, 2009

Microsoft recently sent out a friendly reminder that any remaining Windows 7 Beta users should begin thinking about updating to the newer Windows 7 Release Candidate. Sure, the official expiration date for the beta version is not until August 1, 2009 however as of June 1 2009, which is just one week away, it will more »

Gadgetell Guide: What to expect with Windows 7 RC1

First things first, while Windows 7 should be stable, it is important to point out that this is still a Release Candidate. In other words, this is not the final release and you may experience an issue or two. That said, I have been running Windows 7 beta 7000 since that became available several months ago and it has been smooth sailing. Bottom line, make sure you back up any data before you do an install just in case something happens. Also if something does go wrong, don’t say we did not warn you.

Ok, assuming you are still ready to check out Windows 7 RC1, if you have not gotten your download, then it may be a good time to get that started. Here is the download link. [Download Windows 7 RC1]

After you have completed the download, you will have to burn the ISO to a DVD and get ready to perform the installation. Don’t forget to back up those files first.

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 now available for public download

As expected, Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 has been made available to the public. What that means is anyone who may be interested is able to download, install and run Windows 7 and this version will not expire until June 1, 2010. That means you will get to use and run Windows free for a more »

Mozilla to officially release Firefox 3 on June 17

We had already expected the release to come in mid-June and it looks like Mozilla has held that date true, they have officially announced that Firefox 3 will be available on June 17. In addition, they have also, as we mentioned early yesterday, released an additional release candidate as RC3 that took care of a more »

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 coming today?

While we were all set and waiting for the final release of Firefox to drop at anytime now, CNET is reporting that some of us may indeed be given an RC 3 sometime today. The latest release, which will come officially as RC 3 will only be for Mac users as the Windows and Linux more »

Mozilla offers up Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2

As we expected Mozilla has made the next early-adopter release of Firefox 3 available for download. The latest is Firefox 3 RC2 and although the release notes are a little light on the exact updates, its safe to say they have taken care of the issues that were found during the testing of Firefox 3 more »

Mozilla to release an RC2 before the final Firefox 3

We have seen numerous reports, those even coming directly from Mozilla about how we can expect the final release of Firefox 3 to land this June and up until now it looked like it was right on track. While we have not heard any news of a major delay with that expected date, the latest news may push it up just a little bit. Recently we had seen the reports that ten critical flaws had been found in Firefox 3 RC1.

Since then Mozilla had been working to decide whether to ship the final “consumer-ready” release and then fix the flaws with version 3.0.1 or just move onto a Release Candidate 2. Well it seems the decision has been made, because they have officially announced that we will indeed be getting an RC2 before the final.

Firefox 3 RC 1 has ten critical Flaws

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 users, listen up. Mozilla has stated that RC1 contains ten “high-priority” bugs, which have been marked as “critical.” Released almost two weeks ago, RC1 was thought by the developers as a possible final product, but now that these flaws are coming to light, the company is debating whether to release more »

Mozilla releases Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1

As expected Mozilla has rolled out the first non-beta release of Firefox 3. For those who are currently running a beta version or just feeling adventurous Release Candidate 1 is now available for download. A final release is still expected to come in June, of course the beta version has been pretty stable for us, more »

Mozilla releases final Firefox 3 beta

Mozilla has released what will be the final beta version of Firefox 3, which comes in the form of Firefox 3 Beta 5. While normally we would not get this excited over such a small jump, because going from beta 4 to beta 5 should not result in excitement. According to the release notes there more »