The Beta News

To date, more than 325 million Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide. And it’s expected the new book will sell at least 55 million more, once its translations into French, German, Hebrew, Danish, Spanish and other languages are completed later this year or in early 2008. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be [...]

Linksys has finally released the KNAS firmware for the High Definition Media Player KISS DP-600. It is the same firmware that is used in Linksys’ latest DVD-player KISS DP-1600. You can download the firmware directly from Linksys. Read on for the installation guide.

My old Apple iPod needs an update. I think it’s a 2nd generation (the one with the faulty battery), but it has several issues. Now here is my dilemma – Which Mp3-player should I pick? An Apple iPod or a Creative Zen Vision M? I’m more of a feature guy than a design freak, so [...]

Great news. KNAS Firmware for KISS DP-600 is now available in a beta version. To update the DP-600 to KNAS firmware follow the steps described below: Burn the .iso file on a CD as an image. 1. Turn on the unit with the ON/OFF button (on the back panel) 2. Open the tray, and insert [...]

Microsoft surprised most of us by unofficially announcing the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta 1 mid-July. We were led to believe the Service Pack was delayed with a beta release at the end of the year, but now it sounds like it will be released around the same time as Windows Server [...]

Microsoft, the exclusive online media sponsor for Live Earth, has launched the MSN Live Earth Tree – an interactive online animation that lets people worldwide pledge their commitment to the environment and join the battle to halt climate change. The Live Earth Tree can be found at http://www.liveearthtree.com/ and users are invited to visit the [...]

The firmware for Linksys’ KISS DP-600 HD DVD-player is delayed yet again. Everyone expected it to be released around June 30th. Nothing has happened in a week now. Several people have asked the Linksys support for a date. Most of them had a chat similar to the one below. I’m afraid this is the closest [...]

Livestation is currently a project under development, and a joint effort from Skinkers and Microsoft. Read on if you are interested in testing it. LiveStation is currently in beta stage, but essentially the project is designed to enable users to watch live television on their machines. “Interactive live TV on the PC that works” is [...]

In less than 6 days the Norwegian hacker, Jon Lech Johansen managed to hack the Apple iPhone. A lot of hackers tried to be the first one to hack it, but DVD Jon was the first one to bypass the activation codes. In order to hack the iPhone you have to use a program called [...]

In an email sent to Windows Live OneCare testers, Microsoft confirmed the imminent start of the OneCare 2.0 beta program. Designated as a “pre-premiere”, OneCare 2.0 will not be available as a public beta initially. New features we should be seeing include: Multi PC management – designate a hub PC and then add additional PCs [...]