fast cars, sleepless nights, dumpsters, diggers and more (oh and Windows too)   a good intro about how things came together in the early days, worth seeing

Microsoft is busy trying to convince us to use Vista, and rather than have its' userbase wait for Windows 7 it has compiled 5 reasons to deploy Vista (PDF)   well at least it's not a docx !

here's a short video of a first look at Windows 7, it demonstrates the ability of Windows 8 to use touch screen technology in an interactive way...

After being released to manufacturing last week, SP3 for XP is now available as either a standalone installer (direct download link) or at Windows Update. PC Magazine has coverage of the new service pack, including launch details, a hands-on review, slideshows, and expert tips.   via osnews.com

Despite Microsoft's obvious focus on selling Windows Vista to its customers, it hasn't yet forgotten about all those people out there that still use Windows XP (personally, I use Windows XP MCE 2005). The company has confirmed it has finally 'released to manufacturing' the third service pack to Windows XP - 7 years after the operating system's original release.   via osnews.com   microsoft > http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...3&SiteID=17

Microsoft has finally pumped out Vista service pack one (SP1) in the remaining 31 languages as a manual download via its Windows Update site.   Swedish download > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=sv   Bulgarian download > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...4a-09146a0ba746   Danish download > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...4a-09146a0ba746

Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser. The software maker will enable DEP/NX by default in IE 8 when the browser is running on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, a major tweak aimed at mitigating browser-based vulnerabilities. DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) is already available in IE 7, but it's turned off by default because of compatibility issues.   via osnews.com

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