Tag: BETA

4chan founder Christopher Poole has just launched his latest site, Canvas, to a select group of invitees. Canvas, at its most basic level and much like 4chan, provides users with a forum for discussion. Members post content to the site, others chime in, and the conversation snowballs from there. All user identities remain anonymous, but, unlike 4chan, all content is archived and recorded on ...

Share The drastic overhaul to Yahoo's e-mail service is one step closer to completion. The company announced in late September that Yahoo Mail would get a fresh look, integration with Facebook and Twitter, improved search capabilities and greatly improved speed. Now, the beta version of the new mail interface is finally available to all Yahoo! users. The updates aren't limited to the Web-based ...

After about two months of invite-only beta testing, the music-streaming service Rdio has cast aside its invite-only status and opened up to paying music fans (and a 3-day free trial). Users that sign up and pay the $9.99 monthly subscription feel get Rdio access on the Web and mobile devices -- including iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. There's also a cheaper option, at $4.99 per month, that ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. In case you haven't already drowned in the sea that is the series finale of 'Lost' -- what with it's clever little parodies with Jimmy Kimmel, or Sarah Silverman's ...

According to the AP, Skype plans to roll out a beta version of a new group video chat feature, which will let as many as five users talk simultaneously. While the feature won't cost a dime, for right now anyway, you will have to be a Windows user to enjoy it. Skype has said, though, that it will introduce the feature to Mac users later this year. You better get it while you can, too; Neil ...

It may be late to the party, but the official Twitter app has finally graced the BlackBerry with its presence. On Thursday evening, BlackBerry-maker RIM unveiled an open beta version of Twitter, specially designed for BlackBerry smartphones, and, according to CNET, the latest app is much more tricked out than the bare bones preview that leaked back in February. While the preview version allowed ...

Geeks around the world are having a field day playing with the beta version of the new Windows 7 that Microsoft has decided to share with the public. At one school, however, the tinkerers and tech nerds are being left out in the cold. Students and faculty at Georgetown University have been barred by the school's IT staff from downloading and using the Windows 7 beta. The official warning states, ...

Our time is valuable, and there is nothing more maddening than spending it wading through automated phone menus. That's why we are excited by Fonolo, a new Web service that allows you to bypass those menus and hop straight to where you want to be. According to the Fonolo site copy, this new convenience is known as "deep dialing." Here's how it works: After creating a profile with your phone ...

In the world of closed betas, test versions of pre-release applications and games that are only open to a select few, it's all about who you know. Back when GMail first launched, for example, the only way to get an account was to have a friend who already had one. Users were given a precious ration of invites that they could send to whoever they liked. These became highly desired and a whole ...

Word comes straight from Microsoft that Halo 3, one of the most eagerly awaited games in history, will be playable in pre-release form on May 16th at exactly 5:00 AM Pacific time for a duration of just a few weeks, ending on June 6th at 11:59 pm. This will be a beta of the game, meaning it may still have bugs. In addition, only a very limited number of (likely) very eager gamers will be allowed ...