Alpha
Alpha is a designation for a stage of software development where the build is subjected to testing by individuals (usually within the community that designed the software). In recent years, alpha testing has been extended to include software testers from value-chain partners and external customers in an effort to decrease the time taken to get a product to the market. Alpha testing usually includes two different phases of tests, sometimes performed concurrently. The first, white box, is an internal phase performed by developers; the second, black box, is completely independent from white box. Following the tests of the alpha build, a beta version is released.
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11/06/09 6:30pm Computing, Home A/V Skype founders keep 14% of company, LinkedIn gets a redesign, Boxee beta to be available December 7
Skype's founders and eBay have come to an agreement on the terms of the sale of Skype to private investors. The founders will… dig deeper
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06/05/09 9:00am Computing Google Chrome Alpha builds arrive for OS X and Linux, no flash support
Google Chrome Alpha builds are now available for OS X and Linux, but Google tries to warn away everyone who isn't a developer. dig deeper
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03/09/09 9:39am Computing Wolfram Alpha will compute answers, could challenge Google
A new search engine based on computational answers rather than a list of static results launches in May 2009 to challenge Google. dig deeper
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02/18/09 8:45pm Computing Hulu to be removed from Boxee
Hulu's content providers have requested it turn off content access to Boxee. dig deeper
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02/11/09 2:42pm Computing Mozilla Fennec, the mobile Firefox, released in pre-alpha for HTC Touch Pro
The early Windows Mobile release is fully-functional, though lacking some extra features and still tough around the edges. dig deeper
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02/02/09 4:25pm Computing Intel Moblin V2 Core Alpha Linux-based netbook OS available
The very early alpha release is still a work-in-progress, but is available to download for the curious. dig deeper
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11/17/08 11:20am Computing Adobe Flash software coming for 64-bit Linux, Windows Mobile; new Flash server
Adobe has made several announcements regarding its Flash platform, including new Linux support, server options, and mobile… dig deeper
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