Free Internet TV from VEOH

Received an email from a friend to try this and it turned out OK. If you want an invite let me know.

Experience Internet Television for free! VeohTV BETA is free software that lets you watch and record Internet video from thousands of video sources. Watch full-length episodes from ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, YouTube, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, and thousands of others.

Finding something to watch is easy, simply use the TV-style guide, or search via keywords. You can even use a remote control. As you use VeohTV, it learns what you like and automatically recommends videos to you. VeohTV for Windows is currently in an invitation only beta. To get an invite please fill out the form. MAC users - stay tuned for the coming release of our MAC version later

Windows Live OneCare 2.0 (beta) released

All-in-one security and performance for all your PCs for free during the beta. When I downloaded it on my lap the expiration was 224 days!

Windows Live OneCare is an automatically self-updating PC care service that's on whenever your PC is on, helping provide persistent protection against viruses, hackers, and other threats. It also performs regular tune-ups to help keep your PC running at top speed, and helps you back up important documents.
Runs quietly in the background, providing anti-virus, anti-spyware, online identity and scam protection (anti-phishing) and firewall protection
Updates itself to help you keep ahead of the latest threats
Runs regular PC tune-ups, even checking for ways to shorten PC boot-up time
Provides one-click solutions to most problems
Makes backups a breeze
Lets you see the status of all your computer systems at a glance

sign up here

Corel Debuts Free WordPerfect Beta

Corel made a play for a piece of the Web 2.0 pie on Tuesday, releasing WordPerfect Lightning in beta, a free, compact version of its standard word processing suite that combines both online and offline functionality.

The company is referring to the product as a Google Writely, Adobe Reader, and Microsoft OneNote competitor rolled into one. At 16MB, the entire program can be placed on a USB stick or burned to CD to allow for maximum portability.

Here is a link to many trials offered by Corel

"Lookout" provides free index searching in Outlook

Need a way to drill deeply into Outlook and find messages you know are around but can't find? Lookout is an add-in for Microsoft Outlook which allows you to do lightning-fast searches on all of your e-mail! The searches are nearly instant and can cover everything in your Outlook mailbox - messages, meetings, contacts, etc.

Built on top of a powerful search engine, Lookout is the only personal search engine that can search all of your e-mail from directly within Outlook - in seconds... You can use Lookout to search: E-mail messages Contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, etc. Data from exchange, POP, IMAP, PST files, Public Folders Files on your computer or other computers Just enter your search and press enter. Results are instant. Lookout will find your search terms hiding nearly anywhere in your Outlook mailbox - subjects, bodies, phone numbers, addresses, etcDownload Lookout

HP Selects Yahoo for Default Search

Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard Co. to plant its Internet search engine on millions of computers, the latest volley in a high-stakes battle with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The alliance unites two companies trying to catch up to the longtime leaders in their respective fields.

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo ranks a distant second to Google in the lucrative search engine market while Palo Alto-based HP continues to trail Dell Inc. in personal computer sales despite recent gains.

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Microsoft Office 2007

Test the full release of Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 today. The beta release contains all the functionality of the regular release, but is not the final product. Microsoft has a slick online site that will show you some of the new features Take the Test Drive. Or you can download or request a copy of the beta by mail here Get the Beta.

What is beta software? Before a commercial software program is released to the public, it usually goes through a "beta" phase. During this stage, the software is tested for bugs, crashes, errors, inconsistencies, and any other problems. Though beta versions of software used to be made available only to developers, they are now sometimes made available for the general public to test, usually through the software company's web site

Google has opened Free Access to "Writely"

Google is at it again

Writely is a cool free online word processor acquired by Google this year. Since it was acquired, users were required to have an invitation to try the product.

Sign up for a fee account here.

Google Analytics and Google Spreadsheets are available here without an invitation

Google Spreadsheets Sneak Peek

Google is at it again: Google Spreadsheets store and share spreadsheets on the web
The familiar desktop feel makes editing a breeze. Just click the toolbar buttons to bold, underline, change the font, change the cell background color and more.

Microsoft offers Internet Explorer 7 Public Beta 3

Check out the latest release of Internet explorer. Internet Explorer 7 Public Beta 3 is more stable than the first 2 release. I like the tabbed view.

Windows Vista beta2 is here

Want to try Microsoft Windows Vista? Download it Free from Microsoft! Or you can order it on DVD-ROM for a small fee. The download is approximately 3.5GB. If you have an extra Windows Vista Capable PC and want to play with the latest OS you can download a copy or order online today. I tried to download a copy but the server was too busy. For $10.00 including shipping I opted for the DVD. How to Get Windows Vista Beta

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta

Remember the old the "Windows XP Upgrade Advisor" back when Windows XP was getting ready to be released? Well here is the new “Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta”
Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista "Get Ready" Web site".Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a
PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies
figure into their decisions," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of
Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. "With that in mind,
Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of
Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great
Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences
tomorrow."

Microsoft Beta Releases

Check this out. Microsoft has a website where you can sign up for Beta Testing: Beta 2 of Windows Vista, Beta 2 of Office 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Beta 2 will be available in April. Exact dates are not confirmed yet.

Steps to sign up for beta releases

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