The Chinese site CNBETA today leaked the screenshots of VS 2010 RTM which was scheduled to be launched on 12th April. According to the site the Build number is 10.0.30319.1

Here are the screenshots of Visual Studio 2010 RTM

Our friends at BeingPC have created a utility named GodMode Creator which lets you create so called “GodModes” in Windows 7 & Vista with a click.

There is nothing magical about the GodMode. Windows has a set of certain folders which are identified by unique strings referred to as CLSID or Windows Class Identifiers. These folders can be accessed by using the CLSID identifier codes that Windows assigns to each individual folder in the Windows Registry. If you know the codes, you can launch these with ease.

In short, GodModes are nothing but developer shortcuts built into Windows 7 & Vista, that enable easy access to certain settings and information about the operating system.

You can download the GodMode creator from here via TheWindowsClub

Mozilla has released the release candidate for 3.6. Add-ons have now been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6.

If you already have Firefox 3.6 Beta, you should be automatically updated to the release candidate. You can also choose to manually “Check for Updates” from the Help menu.

Firefox 3.6 (built on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform) introduces several new features for users and developers:

• Users can change the browser’s appearance with a single click using Personas.
• Firefox 3.6 alerts users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
• Changes to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
• Improved automatic form fill provides better options from your form history.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
• Support for the WOFF font format.
• Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
• The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
• Support for the HTML5 File API
• Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Download: Firefox 3.6 RC1 (Windows)
Download: Firefox 3.6 RC1 (Mac OS X)
Download: Firefox 3.6 RC1 (Linux)

Via Mozilla Team Blog

Wzor,the russian site which was infamous for leaking all the Microsoft related builds , have again leaked the newer version of Microsoft Office 2010 Build v14.0.4730.1007. According to the WZOR the RTM Build of MS Office 2010 would be available in April this year and is stated to be released by June 2010.

Here are all the leaked Build details

MICROSOFT.OFFICE.2010.BETA.2.BUILD.14.0.4730.1007.X86.VOLUME.ENGLISH
BUILD: 14.0.4730.1007
FILE: 14.0.4730.1007_Select_volume_ship_x86_en-us.rar
SIZE: 3,330,331,324 byte
SHA1: 0997E4521B0DCB28134E35FA4CF947199904654C
MD5: BE566DE7521B28005A4F759709FAFED2

MICROSOFT.OFFICE.2010.BETA.2.BUILD.14.0.4730.1007.X64.VOLUME.ENGLISH
BUILD: 14.0.4730.1007
FILE: 14.0.4730.1007_Select_volume_ship_x64_en-us.rar
SIZE: 3,775,757,630 byte
SHA1: 9F05F340EEB972D1CDC48B7AE9E4826C25FB0629
MD5: 56C681DD5677ED1E09B9719414C03ECB

MICROSOFT.OFFICE.2010.BETA.2.BUILD.14.0.4730.1007.SLP.X86-64.RUSSIAN
BUILD: 14.0.4730.1007
FILE: 14.0.4730.1007_SingleLanguagePack_none_ship_combo_ru-ru.rar
SIZE: 844,829,950 byte
SHA1: BF4B98C5FD00BE0DFF92FFDCB108AF8FEBB7BB35
MD5: 8153AC0461E54EDC954E00BA124411AA

Here are the Screenshots of the leaked build

Today,neowin revealed several screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 2010 and Windows Live writer wave 4.

According to neowin,the screenshots sent to them by an anonymous tipster were indeed genuine and offers an insight of what’s coming in Windows Live Wave 4.Just check these screenshots

First of all the Welcome Windows Live messenger windows has been changed and social stream has been added to the left of contacts and the data is provided by Windows Live.

This image clearly shows the introduction of ribbon like interface in Windows Live Writer..

Today Microsoft re-released the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool under GPLv2.This tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.

The tool can also now be downloaded from the Microsoft Store here and more info about the tool can be found here

Starting today, beta users who have the Security Essentials Ongoing Beta installed will begin to receive the upgrade to the latest version 1.0.1801.0 of the Ongoing Beta. If you want to get on the latest version sooner, select the help drop-down link on the Microsoft Security Essentials user interface and click on ‘Upgrade Microsoft Security Essentials’.

Changes in this version of Microsoft Security Essentials

• An updated validation of genuine windows in the application
• Resolution of the signature update issue that impacted PCs that were offline for extended periods and frequently toggled between sleep/hibernation and active mode
• Some user interface improvements including better scan reports and clearer messaging around definition updates
• Other miscellaneous fixes and enhancements

According to the Microsoft Connect site,this version of Microsoft Security Essentials Ongoing Beta will be released to customers in January/February 2010.

Source : Microsoft Connect

Today Google has finally launched the beta versions of Google Chrome for Linux and MAC.The Google Chrome for MAC would work on OS X 10.5 or later.

For more details on Google Chrome for Mac, check out the video below.

Google Chrome for MAC can be downloaded from here and download Google Chrome for Linux here