Thunderbird is a free, open-source and cross-platform mail client for most operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux and Macintosh. It is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is a robust and easy to use client, similar to competing products like Outlook Express, but with some major advantages such as junk mail classification.

Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 is a developer preview release of our next generation Thunderbird email client and is being made available for testing purposes only. Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 is intended for our testing community.

View: Release Notes

Download: Windows | Linux | Mac OS X

View: Thunderbird homepage

Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free - anytime, anywhere in the world.

Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and password.

Download: Google Talk 1.0.0.104 Beta

View: Google Talk homepage

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Beta Driver 2.13.0001

This download is a driver providing Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series of audio devices.

Take note of the following:

-THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
-We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver for critical tasks.
-This driver is for installation with official release versions of Windows Vista only.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic,
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Creative Sound Blaster Elite Pro

Download: X-Fi series Vista Beta Driver 2.13.0001 | mirror

View: Creative homepage