November 23, 2011
Security Essentials, Microsoft’s free anti-malware solution, is one of the more effective free options available today. Now a new version has been announced, and you can help give it a workout before it is released to the public. Anyone who’d like a chance can go to Microsoft’s sign-up page to apply. Though the software is free and available to everyone, this new beta will be limited to select testers.
November 12, 2011
Do you want to know if your computer will work with Ubuntu? Head to Ubuntu Friendly to quickly find out. It’s an ever-growing database of computers known to work flawlessly with everyone’s favorite Linux-based operating system. Do you want to help make that website useful? Run the system test on your computer running Ubuntu right now. You will run tests on your wireless card, your sound and more.
June 14, 2009
Google has just released the Mac and Linux alpha build of Chrome at the beginning of this June, and “Danger” is the word they chose to put on the announcement page. I have to admit that I was not sure on doing the review of – direct quote from Google itself – “incomplete, unpredictable, and [...]
June 14, 2009
Editor’s note: We have a special installment for MakeUseOf readers who happen to be Chrome fans. We are reviewing the alpha build of Chrome for both Linux and Mac today. Watch out for the Mac edition later on. For those Linux users who have been waiting hard and long for the release of Google Chrome [...]
May 9, 2009
![Test Windows 7 RC on a Virtual Machine [Part 1]](http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/0269.jpg?323f2c "Test Windows 7 RC on a Virtual Machine [Part 1]")
In the past, beta’s and release candidates would normally be released to IT professionals who had an extra computer kicking around to test things like this on. Yet, what if you just have the one computer at home and really want to test Win7RC, what do you do? Here’s the answer and it’s not as scary as you might think. Install a virtual machine (VM).
