As Beta 2 for Internet Explorer nears its release, Microsoft is seeking more testers for its product. (Currently, the only way to directly submit a bug report is to be a part of the Technical Beta program.) Beta 1 was focused more on developers, and Beta 2 will be concentrating more on the end user. This might include GUI enhancements, stability fixes, and other similar revisions.

If you’re looking to participate, send an email to IESO@microsoft.com and “tell [them] a little about yourself including why you’d be a great beta tester.”

via the IEBlog

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Google has struck again, this time through a deal with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education in Australia in which 1.3 million new users would switch to its free email product.

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Microsoft gathered some ordinary folks, asked them about their views of Vista, and then let them try out what they called “Mojave,” an identical version of Vista.

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