The house that Bill Gates built has begun sending out Vista SP2 beta invites. It doesn’t appear to add any major new features though it does improve upon some old ones. The internal search engine has been vastly improved. It also adds some bluetooth patches, support for Via’s 64 bit processor and a handful of other app compatibility updates. The invites will continue to be sent out for the next four weeks. No word on the release date of the final.

As usual, I didn’t get an invite. You don’t call. You don’t write. I’m beginning to think we aren’t friends anymore Microsoft.

Via Technology has developed a 500MHz CPU that uses less than 1 watt of power. In its press conference, the company stated that it will "adopt the same VIA V4 bus and 21- x 21-millimeter nanoBGA2 packaging as other Eden models."

Advantech has already adopted the new Eden ULV processor and plans to be shipping products with it this month.

Now that is green technology.