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With Google's Wave and Buzz efforts having suffered a bit of buzzkill, Google is waving goodbye to its previous efforts and saying hello to what it hopes will be a real plus for social networkers.

Although Symantec has only recently launched its Norton 360 v5 software, which uses Norton's Internet Security and AV engine while being even easier to use and including features like backup, times does not stand still with Symantec's 2012 Internet Security and AV betas bouncing into view and beta testing from today.

Microsoft has been talking up Silverlight 5 for a couple of months, and now the beta is here.

Another beta of Firefox 4 arrived over the weekend. Can the release version be far away?

It's no longer just Nokia offering free navigation on a range of its smartphones, but now Google too, on Android phones running OS 1.6 and up, ensuring most phones on the market either already work from today or will with a free Android market download of the latest Google Maps version.

Google is finally bringing its 'Google Maps Navigation' to Australians at last on the 17th of November, but which mobile users and phones will be able to take advantage, and will it replace your GPS?

Firefox 4.0 beta 7 is only a beta, but it's "stable and safe to use for daily web browsing" according to Mozilla officials.

Flock me, the makers of the social networking-friendly Flock browser could well be saying, here comes a similar sounding type of free browser called RockMelt, built on Google's Chromium code but requiring end-users to have a Facebook account.

The sixth beta release of Google Chrome brings new features as well as more speed to the increasingly popular browser.

Apple has released the iOS 4.0.1 software update for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.1 for the iPad.

Microsoft has begun a second beta release of its Windows Intune system maintenance product. Pricing has also been disclosed.

Chrome beta 5 shows significant speed improvement and new features - including Flash support.

The first beta release of VirtualBox 3.2.0 delivers some interesting new features.

Is it really a beta test if half the world is playing?  Does it matter, the latest blockbuster forged from the Halo franchise is almost upon us, and the multiplayer beta test is attracting many into its fold.

A beta of the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac has shown up on torrent sites, and some bloggers have posted early reviews and screen shots.

Want a preview of Norton Internet Security 2011 or Norton AntiVirus 2011? Symantec's security packages are now in public beta. The company has also released some free programs to further boost security.