Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 released to public

Microsoft has officially released Office 2010 Beta 2 for public download. It is free to download. Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 has updated versions of all Office products. Office Professional products include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Onenote, Access, Publisher.

In addition Microsoft is also offering its Office web apps supported with Firefox and Safari. However it requires a Live account, which i am sure every one has. Web based services comes handy for Virtual interaction on any other OS like Google OS, Linux, Mac or when you are away from your PC.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 will prove to be a hard contender as compared to Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 since both products has social integration. Also Outlook allows to manage contact information remotely via PC or Mobile. Moreover Word 2010 offers Multiuser co-authoring option, which means two users with same file opened simultaneously will have administrative privileges to edit any part of the work. This feature proves to be very useful for long distance negotiations or writing minutes from a public meeting etc.

Download Office Professional 2010 Beta 2

The Google Phone coming

Now its obvious why Google was so interested in Mobile Industry. First they Launched Android Mobile OS and now the Google Phone is in pipeline. Google Employees have an exclusive access to HTC built unlocked Google Phone based on Android 2.1. The phone is rumored to come out in January.






Google Phone is smaller than HTC with smooth edges, capacitive Touchscreen and scrolly ball like on Hero. Google Brand Manager Leslie Hawthron reports

"Stuck in mass of traffic leaving work post last all hands of 2009. OMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone. It’s beautiful."

Home screen has new visual enhancements reports Jason Howell who had an hands on

"The new Google Phone runs on HTC hardware. I saw it w/ Android 2.1. Homescreen has new visual enhancements like animated desktop wallpaper."

More information is still awaited from Google Officially.

New Nokia 5235

Nokia has come up with a new Nokia 5235 handset. The main motivation behind this particular product launch is lies in media concentration. The touchscreen based music edition breaks all borders in compliance with music content. Nokia Music store provides unlimited legal music download for 12-18 months and also can be downloaded via Nokia Ovi Player from PC. It support 33hrs of media playback with 16GB microSD card.  Some of the Highlighted specs are detailed below

-ARM 11, 434MHz processor

-128MB RAM, 256MB ROM

-640x480 VGA Display

-3.2 inch touchscreen

-2MP camera

-18days standby time

-3.5mm audio output

-Ovi support

-Symbian 9.4

-FM

-Builtin 320MB memory

-microUSB

 Nokia 5235 is expected to roll out in 1st quarter of 2010 with a price tag of $214 USD.

yFrog Twitter integration for Blackberry & Android

yFrog is an image/video/link sharing website for Twitter which is a sub project of ImageShack.us. yFrog recently launched its mobile app for Twitter, aiming its concerns for mobile connectivity. This app supports Blackberry OS 4.2 or higher and Android 1.5-2.0 or later devices.

Blackberry features

-Tweet images and videos

-View tweets

-Search yFrog

-View followers and following

-View mentions and messages

To download point to  http://toolbar.imageshack.us/blackberry

Android features

In addition to Blackberry features, Android app supports

-Queue multiple uploads

-GeoTagging

-15min video uploads

 To download point to http://toolbar.imageshack.us/android

Download New Skype 4.2 Beta

The new and latest version of Skype 4.2 Beta has unleashed his way to public appearance. It supports Google Chrome browser. New features are

-Free call transfers between skype and external connections

-Call Quality Indicator

-Improved first time setup flow

-Client Alerts

-Improved importing contacts from other address books

-Browser plug-ins for Google Chrome apart from IE and FF

-Skype Access to paid WiFi connections using Skype credits

Detailed Features

Download Skype 4.2 Beta (Light Online Installer | Full Offline Installer )

Spotify 0.3.24 for Android 2.0

Spotify just experienced an update to 0.3.24 for Android 2.0 devices. It comes with

-URI support

-Updated player with cover art swipe support

-Motorola Droid Android 2.0 Eclair support

-Home screen widget

To download point your Android device to m.spotify.com

Get Animated Emoticons for Facebook Chat

Emoticons are usually the best way to show your expression or emotions while chatting. Since we all know that Facebook chat is preferred by many users instead of WLM chat or Yahoo!. The biggest advantage is its flexibility. The original interface of Facebook Chat allows a limited number of emoticons.

However Facemood AddOn allows animated moods. There are mainly 5 categories of moods namely My Animated Moods, Black icons, Facebook Classics, Merry X-mas. You can also add sub emoticons from animals, love, beetles, party, travel, games, food and drink.

Install Facemood AddOn for Firefox

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Alpha1 Released

It was not so far when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was released. Yet now the New Alpha version of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS has been released and is available for download. Ubuntu 10.04 comprises of Linux Kernel 2.6.32 GNOME Desktop Environment 2.29.3.

Removal of HAL has made boot even fast than before. Transmission updated to 1.80 Beta 1. Live CD logo color is changed. It is built on KDE Software compilation 4.4 Beta 1.

Time line for Ubuntu release will consists of 3 Alphas, 2 Betas, 1RC and Final Release. Dates can be noted from below

December 11th, 2010 - Alpha 1 release | January 14th, 2010 - Alpha 2 release | February 25th, 2010 - Alpha 3 release | March 18th, 2010 - Beta 1 release | April 8th, 2010 - Beta 2 release | April 22nd, 2010 - Release Candidate | April 29th, 2010 - Final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 1

Opera Mobile 10 for Android and BREW

Previously Opera released its browser version for Windows and now Android, BREW is on the priority list. Today it was released to Operators and OEMs and is available on request. There are many features embedded in Opera Mobile 10 like Opera Turbo which increases browsing experience by 50%.

Like Opera widgets for Desktop, it also the support for Mobile Widgets. Opera Mobile 10 for Android benefits include

 - Optimized Web experience for mobile phones

- The ability to offer Web applications right on the idle screen

- The full richness of Web 2.0 services using AJAX

- Blazing speed with Opera Turbo

- Opera Widgets for Android

- Cross platform UI framework

Skype Beta for Symbian Phones

Finally Skype team has released the beta version of its most popular desktop voip app for Symbian Phones. This app works on all S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and 2. Skype for Symbian supports

-Free Skype-to-Skype calling

-Call phones with Skype credits or subscription
- Receive calls on your Online Number
- Instant Messaging
- Group conversations
- File sending and receiving

Skype works with Wi-Fi and 3G networks and can be installed via OTA, NSU or simply download and send the file via Bluetooth. Skype supports Nokia E71, Nokia E63, E66, N82, E51, N95, N95 8GB, N81, N81 8GB, E90, N96, N85, 5320, 6210 Navigator, 6210 Classic, N78 and N79.

Download Skype

Jolicloud: A new OS for your Netbook

In an official launch event, Tariq karim introduced first alpha release of new cloud based OS named Jolicloud. It is mainly targeted for Netbooks, however it can be installed on desktops too. Jolicloud OS is somehow same like Google OS.

 

Jolicloud requires everything to install via online but Google OS is somehow different, as its all applications and working are managed online.

Jolicloud compromises of directory of applications which requires user consent to install. These apps can be sorted by genre, popularity or release date. Installing and removing softwares is only one click away. Hoping back and forth between apps is robust. There is no need of installing any app but all the apps are confined in one screen. Thus it allows easy organizing based on categories. If connected in a shared Jolicloud network, sync is automatically done including log-ins or shared data excluding hardware importance.

 The easiest way to try Jolicloud is via USB. Jolicloud provides the USB bootable Jolicloud tool. It just requires Jolicloud file and USB drive location. Jolicloud also supports Windows Emulator to run applications of your choice.

Some of the drawbacks are that it doesnot support multitasking, downloaded apps are pre organized and it supports limited number or Netbooks.  You can check the Product Compatibility to see if it supports your Netbook or not. If installing Jolicloud on Windows is the requirement then go for Jolicloud Express.

Jolicloud Tech Spec

Jolicloud USB Creator (Windows XP or higher, Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Linux x86 32-bit only)

Download Jolicloud (600MB)

Follow Jolicloud on Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook

Windows Live Messenger 2010 Screenshots

Windows Live Messenger 2010 which is due next year has come up with some new features, neowin reports. Main change is the Social integration like Twitter. This social stream column is placed to left of chatting column.

Other interesting feature is its tabbed conversations. The new version will also have concatenation with other Windows Live Applications.

Google Wave inside Thunderbird 3.0 [Hack]

Not much time gone when officially Thunderbird was launched. Thunderbird 3.0 content tabs features enables to view google waves right in Mozilla Email Client. This is a little code hack. Run Thunderbird 3.0 and go to "Tools" > "Error Console". In "Code" paste following code and hit "Evaluate"

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow("mail:3pane").document.getElementById("tabmail").openTab("contentTab", {contentPage: "https://wave.google.com/wave/?nouacheck"});

This will open a Google Wave in New Thunderbird tab.