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  • proper noun Betamax.
  • proper noun A scientific caste of people in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

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  • Mozilla has just released a new beta version of their desktop email application in the form of Thunderbird 3 Beta 3, adding better Gmail integration, smart folders, and more.

    Last Week’s Best Posts | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla has just released a new beta version of their desktop email application in the form of Thunderbird 3 Beta 3, adding better Gmail integration, smart folders and more.

    Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 Available For Download | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • So, after noodling around in beta in response to a reader's question about using Haloscan's new auto-import system with the new blogger, I was greeted with an arm-twisty hammerlock I exaggerate for comic effect, of course! in my old account and encouraged to make the move, thus Freshblog now resides in Beta.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • So, after noodling around in beta in response to a reader's question about using Haloscan's new auto-import system with the new blogger, I was greeted with an arm-twisty hammerlock I exaggerate for comic effect, of course! in my old account and encouraged to make the move, thus Freshblog now resides in Beta.

    Forced Migration - Freshblog 2007

  • Mozilla will have one more beta -- Firefox 4 Beta 6 -- before its November 2010 launch.

    DailyTech Main News Feed 2010

  • Just compare the videos with beta 1 with the default settings you'll see the big improvements that have been done for Beta 2

    PSP Updates 2009

  • Just compare the videos with beta 1 with the default settings you'll see the big improvements that have been done for Beta 2

    QJ.NET 2009

  • No existing public versions (released or beta) of Silverlight 1.0 or 2 Beta 2 will be auto-upgraded to this runtime.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • If you're a Firefox user who hasn't tried the beta versions due to stability concerns, Beta 3 feels stable enough to me to use as my primary browser.

    GigaOM Network 2009

  • Mozilla Fennec hits beta - Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers, Mobile Mozilla has released the first public beta of the mobile version of Firefox.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2009

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