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• Update - Microsoft Vista Beta 1 rollout now underway
  Wednesday 27 July 2005 – 11:49
  Microsoft has officially confirmed to Tom's Hardware Guide that Vista Beta 1 has been released to subscribers to Microsoft's exclusive testing programs and to exclusive invitees.
• Firefox gets a Leopard update
  Friday 19 October 2007 – 10:41 in Networking
  Firefox udate MacOS X 10.5 "Leopard".
• CES 2008: Playstation 3 firmware update to bring in-game cross media bar
  Thursday 10 January 2008 – 10:10 in Gaming
  Users will soon be able to access PS3 console settings, send instant messages, and scroll through other system options while in the middle of a game.
• New PS3 update adds download queueing, Folding@Home
  Tuesday 20 March 2007 – 06:59
  Corresponding with the European launch of the PS3, Sony will launch one of its biggest firmware updates for the console on Thursday. Among the features that will be enabled are allowing downloading to be done in the background, and the ability to tap into Stanford's Folding@Home medical research program.
• Social networking is key for next Xbox 360 update
  Wednesday 28 November 2007 – 10:41 in Business
  Microsoft has announced some details about an Xbox Live dashboard update in December, addressing digital download Xbox titles and more social networking functionality.
• Office update goes live soooner than anticpated
  Thursday 13 December 2007 – 09:40 in Networking
  RMicrosoft this week released the first major update to Office 2007, even though it wasn't expected to be available until next year.
• Microsoft fixes 11 security problems in routine update
  Thursday 14 February 2008 – 10:20 in Business
  Six "critical" updates join five more "important" vulnerability fixes in this month's regularly scheduled security bulletin from Microsoft.
• Sony Pulls Latest Firmware Update For PS3 Following Complaints From Users
  Friday 4 July 2008 – 09:30 in Consumer Electronics
  Earlier in the week Sony released the much awaited v2.40 firmware update for the PlayStation 3. While some gamers have installed the update and are living happily ever after, others got into a spot of bother when trying to install it. Sony has since pull
• Intel roadmap update - prototypes of first quad-core desktop processor built
  Sunday 4 December 2005 – 01:46
  Intel is pushing ahead its multi-core strategy and currently is working on at least 21 different processors, TG Daily has learned. Virtually all new Intel chips released between 2006 and 2008 will be based on mobile processor technology and will include the already taped out 65 nm quad-core desktop processor "Kentsfield" and the 45 nm eight-core "Yorkfield" chip.
• Intel Roadmap update #2: Flash cache coming to your notebook
  Tuesday 7 November 2006 – 08:59
  In this second edition of our Intel roadmap update, we are focusing on Intel's mobile product lineup for 2007. Similar to the desktop, there aren't big processor plans, with the exception of slight Core 2 Duo T updates. The real news next year will be the Santa Rosa platform: Expect notebooks to run faster with flash cache and see new features such as integrated wireless broadband.
• Roadmap update: Intel aims for 5 hours of battery time in notebooks
  Friday 17 February 2006 – 11:04
  Battery time in notebooks equipped with Intel's upcoming Merom processor is expected to make a significant in battery time: Sources suggest that many devices will break the five-hour barrier. The new microprocessor architecture will also appear in less power-hungry desktop CPUs and especially blade-server processors - including a 40W Xeon chip.
• UPDATE #2: Ubuntu replacing Windows
  Wednesday 17 October 2007 – 10:54 in Business
  Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth says he is seeing Ubuntu as a cost-effective and viable out-of-the-box alternative OS on new machines, even as a Windows replacement.
• Microsoft exec warns of 'fake' XP update
  Friday 14 October 2005 – 11:55
  A Microsoft employee is warning against downloading an unauthorized version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 that has surfaced on a popular Web site that provides software patches.
• PS3 Home update realeased but still on an invite only basis
  Friday 30 November 2007 – 10:32 in Gaming
  Version 0.7.7 of the PS3's online community Home is now available, although the software program is still restricted to people who have received an invite from Sony.
• Wii update enhances Internet, adds USB keyboard support
  Friday 12 October 2007 – 06:29 in Consumer Electronics
  Redmond (WA) - Nintendo has launched a new firmware update for the Wii, adding among aother things support for USB keyboard input.