WindowsXP SP3 also Released to Special Testers
n addition to the now infamous Vista SP1 being released, Microsoft also dropped the small 350MB Service Pack 3 for the aging Windows XP!
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7.8.2007 Turn a counterfeit copy of WindowsXP into a free Vista license!
Perhaps you have bought a license of WindowsXP Home, Pro or Media Centerd Edition 2005 from your local dealer and afterwards it turned into a counterfeit while trying to validate it through WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) program.
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29.4.2006 Vista SP 1 Ships in 2008, the First Beta Drops in 2 Weeks!
After a long period of Windows Omerta, in which Microsoft gagged all details related to the future development plans for the Windows platform, the company has come out and confirmed the availability dates for the first beta of Windows Vista SP1, as well as for the final release of the refresh.
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29.8.2007 Microsoft Hands out XP SP3 beta – Final SP for XP
In an email sent to selected testers telling them they have been accepted to begin testing XP SP3, Microsoft has also informed them that this will be the final Service Pack for the now aging OS.
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5.10.2007Windows SP3 officially released
The wait is over!
Legitimate Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) is now available for downloading! Any of you who were waiting for a
non-pirated version (like so many people have resorted to) it can now be downloaded, officially, via windows update.
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29.04.2008Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final (Direct MS Download)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
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29.04.2008Windows XP SP3 now available via Windows Update
Windows XP SP3 is finally here for those that use Windows
Update, and
here is a direct link to the stand-alone version of SP3 for x86 XP systems (32 bit). Thanks
Bink! I can't confirm if the 64bit version of SP3
is available from today, can anyone confirm?
Here is an interesting
article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost
over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released
updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’
experience with the operating system.
This white
paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.
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29.04.2008May Chat with the IE Team on Thursday
Kristen Kibble: Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an
Expert Zone chat this Thursday, May 15
th at 10.00
PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team.
If you cant
join us online, all chat transcripts are published
here. Allow approximately 7-10 days following a chat for
the transcript to go live.
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14.05.2008Windows XP Service Pack 3 Install Info
Via
Bink.nu:
I
did a clean install of Windows
XP Professional (English,
32bit, Volume License) with
Service Pack 2 integrated in a
Virtual Machine. After that I
installed Windows XP Service
Pack 3 Beta build 3180.
The SP3
executable pack is named
windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu
.exe. So there we have the
reserved KB article number.
The size of the pack is 332
MB.
When
installing is replaces and
backs up 2,848 files (456 MB )
to
C:WINDOWS$NtServicePackUni
nstall$
As before it also archives
the SP3 itself in
C:WINDOWSServicePackFilesni386
2,921 Files (552 MB
)
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09.08.2007Windows XP SP3 RC1 Public Download Available
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
File Size: 336,070 KB
See
here for more info.
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12.12.2007Microsoft promises SP 'milestone' for Visual Studio 2008
First, it was Windows XP SP1. Then Windows Vista SP1. Now its the Visual Studio and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, due by the end of summer. The connection?
Microsoft's service packs keep growing in importance as a means of updating key products between official releases.
Promoting
the first SP for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, officially launched just six months ago, Microsoft has said SP1 - like its predecessors -
is no ordinary SP.
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02.08.2008New Release Candidate of XP SP3 made public
Note that this is a slightly newer build than the XP SP3 RC1 Build 3244 that was
available last week.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it will make publicly available a beta version of
Windows XP Service Pack 3. But, like a car salesman pitching the new Corvette over the old jalopy, Microsoft argued that a switch to Vista is the
better move.
"While Windows Vista provides the most advanced security and management capabilities of any Windows operating
system, Windows XP SP3 will ensure PCs running Windows XP will have the latest updates, as well as compatibility with the Network Access Protection
functionality of Windows Server 2008," Microsoft said in a statement.
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19.12.2007SP Technologies Sues Apple Over iPhone Keyboard
An outfit called SP
Technologies has sued Apple
over the touch-screen keyboard
at the heart of the iPhone,
claiming Apple is infringing
on a patent held by SP
Technologies for a similar
keyboard.
AppleInsider
dug up the SP patent filing
from 2000, which claims
the company developed a
"method of providing a user
interface for receiving
information from a user using
a user immutable graphical
keyboard linked to an input
area."
Patent
suits, of course, are a dime a
dozen, and Apple's not
exactly the first company to
ever use a touch-screen style
input method. But this one
will probably require more
effort to defend than the
iPhone battery suit filed a
few weeks ago. The suit was
filed Thursday in Tyler,
Texas, which has become the
destination of choice for
patent suits these days.
An Apple
representative did not
immediately return a call
seeking comment, but it's
unlikely Apple would have much
to say at this stage.
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07.08.2007April Chat with the IE Team on Thursday
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, April 17th at 10.00 PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great
opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team.
If you can’t join the chat online, all chat transcripts
are published
here. Allow approximately
7-10 days following a chat for the transcript to go live.
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15.04.2008Microsoft frees rival slate from Yahoo commitment
Microsoft Corp has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo Inc's board in the event of a proxy
fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
The move indicates that Microsoft remains firm in its commitment to
stay away from Yahoo, days after it walked away from a $47.5 billion offer for the Internet company.
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09.05.2008Microsoft expects to double customer service staff in Asia
Microsoft said on Thursday that it expects headcount to more than double for its customer service centre in Asia in five years time.
Wing-Dar Ker, general manager for Microsoft Customer Service and Support in the Asia Pacific and Greater China region, told Reuters in an
interview that the centre has around 850 staff currently.
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06.12.2007PINNED: Talk to the IE Team
On Thursday Feb 9th at 10:00AM
PST there will be a public
Expert Zone
chat on Internet Explorer.
The Expert Zone is a community
of Windows enthusiasts and
this is the Internet Explorer
team?s turn to host a chat
session.
Members of the IE team will
be available and ready to
discuss Internet Explorer and
of course the recent preview
of beta 2 of IE7 is likely to
be a hot topic. There is a
limit on the number of people
that the chat room can contain
so get there early!
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09.02.2006Microsoft and Yahoo talks intensify
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have intensified talks in an effort to reach a friendly agreement on a buyout of Yahoo, a source familiar with the matter
said on Friday.
Yahoo shares rose 6.4 percent on news of the accelerated talks, as investors had feared Microsoft might walk away
from its unsolicited bid or launch a proxy battle.
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday that walking away
from a deal with Yahoo was one of three options the company was weighing.
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03.05.2008Microsoft feeling no major impact from economy yet
Microsoft Corp expects to see some economic slowdown eventually, particularly in the United States, but its business has not felt any major impact
yet, Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said on Monday.
Liddell, speaking at a technology conference, said the software maker
is "not blind to the fact that it's a difficult economic environment out there, in particular in the U.S. and to some extent in the rest of the
world."
Microsoft has been helped by its geographic diversity and strong growth in emerging markets such as Russia, China,
Brazil and India, he said.
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04.03.2008Yahoo says faces 7 lawsuits over Microsoft bid
Yahoo Inc said it faces seven shareholder lawsuits over its handling of Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $42 billion buyout proposal and that dealing
with the takeover bid has created a distraction for its management.
Four of the lawsuits were filed in California Superior Court
and three were filed in Delaware Chancery Court, Yahoo said on Wednesday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We do not believe, based on current knowledge, that any of the foregoing legal proceedings or claims are likely to have a material adverse
effect on our financial position," Yahoo said.
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28.02.2008Hi-tech CEOs offer Yahoo and Microsoft merger advice
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc seem to hang out in all the same places but somehow keep missing each other.
That's turned
speculation over what it will take to get the two of them together into something of a CEO parlour game.
Media magnate Rupert
Murdoch said this week he is "mystified" the two have not come to terms. E-commerce mogul Barry Diller said Microsoft should never have fired a
hostile shot at Yahoo if they didn't plan to stick it out.
Yahoo board member Bobby Kotick joked that he had tried to get top
executives from Microsoft and Yahoo together to play Guitar Hero 4, the hit video game from the company he runs, Activision Inc.
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30.05.2008AMD CEO says no plans to step down in 2008
Advanced Micro Devices Inc Chief Executive Hector Ruiz says he has no plans to step down as head of the microprocessor maker next year.
AMD has in the past two years struggled with market share losses to its far larger rival, Intel Corp, in the market for microprocessors. It
is banking much of its turnaround on its Barcelona processor, which was launched in September, but has so far been hampered by an inability to ship as
many of the processors as it would like.
Ruiz said in an interview with CNBC Europe to be broadcast later this week that
President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer is being groomed to succeed him as CEO.
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12.12.2007Microsoft plans smaller deals, 'independent' path
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company aims to pursue an independent path, focusing on up to 20 smaller
acquisitions of $50 million to $1 billion each annually rather than mega-deals.
Armed with a cash pile of $23 billion, Microsoft
has been rumored to be targeting acquisitions like Yahoo Inc, or social networking phenomenon Facebook.
Speaking to the Web 2.0
Summit in San Francisco, Ballmer would not comment directly on any potential acquisitions, but he said Microsoft's current focus is the "independent
path."
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19.10.2007Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by
Neowin, Microsoft has released
Windows Media Player 11 for
Windows XP.
Windows
Media Player 11 is re-designed
to support the URGE music
store, Zune and provides
better synchronisation for
existing MP3 players.
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