Microsoft music player to take on Apple's iPod (Reuters)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s AAPL.O iPod player.

LanTest from HELIOS Supports Mac OS X Intel and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Networks (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) July 24, 2006 -- HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading provider of enterprise and prepress server solutions, announced that HELIOS LanTest and HELIOS File System Test the company's popular, no-cost, Mac network performance and compatibility testing programs now support the new Mac Intel computers and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks.

Beta Releases and IE 7 Beta 3
This is not a plug for downloading IE 7 beta 3, rather to try and explain something about Beta releases in general.