Vista SP1 Kills Kill-Switch

We anxiously await Vista’s SP1 due out in January to rid us of the pain-in-the-neck Kill Switch that some diabolical MS engineer came up with.
While Vista will still haunt you with messages, it will no longer disable your OS. Microsoft plans to roll back WGA to where it might nag you, but will not block [...]

Vista SP1

The first service pack for Windows Vista was reviewed by APCMag and it contains the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks. What’s new is the ability to create a recovery disk, plus a whole bunch of new install packages for Vista’s components. And that’s The Word.

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Vista Service Pack for July 16

Rumor has it that Microsoft is planning Vista’s very first service pack beta release in mid-July, with a final version of Vista SP1, codenamed "Fiji", hopefully for November.
Meanwhile, work continues on Windows Vienna.

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64-Bit Windows Does Not Support The iPhone

Some users are having difficulty using their new iPhone coincide their Windows computers. An error message appears stating: "The software required for iPhone is not installed. Run the iTunes installer to remove iTunes, then install iTunes again."
The problem is simple: iPhone will not work when used on a 64-bit Windows Vista or XP system. [...]

Microsoft Utilizes It’s “Software Plus Services” strategy

Microsoft attempts to expand into the Internet to give a fully rounded system to its customers. The company will offer online services including e-mail and Web search under its Windows Live brand, as well test versions of two new free services: Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Windows Live Photo Gallery is a new [...]

Fujitsu T8140 Elicits Pavlovian Reaction in Tablet PC Lovers

This may never make it to the US, but if it does, Tablet PC users will certainly rejoice. Solid-state disk, 11-hour battery life (over 7 with the standard battery), just over 3 pounds, and Intel graphics that can run Vista Aero–those are heavenly stats that Tablet lovers dream about. Even I’m already salivating, and that’s [...]

Apple’s Safari Fixes

Those reports of Safari bugs were accurate. (I think its a plot!) Apple issued a new version of the public beta of Safari for Windows today — highest on the list of fixes were patches for three separate security vulnerabilities that were uncovered just hours after its first launch.

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Embedded Hologram on MS Vista CD

Here’s one for you conspiracy buffs out there — and what’s better than a good conspiracy?
A blogger known as Kwisatz posts an embedded hologram he claims he found on a Vista Business CD. Microsoft = nerds and that’s what is there - a pic of three grinning ones.
No corroboration here and it could be a [...]

The Colors in the Dell

New Inspirons are coming according to French forum lesDelliens
Rumor has it that the 1720 maxes out with a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500, a 17-inch WUXGA TrueLife display, 256MB of GeForce 8600M WP graphics, up to 2x 2.5-inch SATA disk with RAID 0/1 support, 802.11n and Gigabit Ethernet, lots of inputs and output and USB-only [...]

ATI HD2400 / 2600 Shipping Now

AMD is now shipping ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 graphics processors. Both deliver DirectX® 10 gaming and high definition video for Windows Vista®.
The new graphics cards will be available at online retailers within a few weeks from board customers including Asus, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, GeCube, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Palit, [...]