According to a report by the US magazine ZDNet, Service Pack 1 for Microsoft’s current operating system Windows 7 is already tested internally. It might thus be available earlier than expected. The latest unofficial news consider September 2010 as possible release date.
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Germany and France Warn Not to Use Internet Explorer
The German Federal Office for Information Technics (BSI) and the French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have warned users not to use Internet Explorer, making aware of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft’s browser.
The New Live.com Gets Nearer
A new homepage for www.live.com is approaching further: The notification that visitors won’t be able to access Bing from this URL soon has been made much clearer.
Google Docs Gets Free File Storage
The web office Google Docs will soon allow you to store any kind of files. Each file can take up to 250MB, and the total available space is 1GB. Up to now, you could only store Google Docs, PDFs and Picasa photos in Google’s cloud.
Windows Live Alerts—have they fallen asleep?
“Alerts delivers the latest information that’s important to you,” claims Microsoft. But can Windows Live Alerts still compete with RSS feeds, social network status updates, tweets and all other real-time news?
More Photos of Live Messenger Wave 4
The new year starts interesting: More screenshots of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 have been discovered by the Chinese news site LiveSino.net.
The 2009 Summary: The Top Ten Posts
Welcome to 2010! The last year has been filled with many Messenger error codes. Do you want to have a look at the Top Ten list of most-visited posts in this blog?
Collaboration Service DocVerse to Be Acquired By Google
Google is closing an acquisition of the Office document collaboration service DocVerse, according to a report by TechCrunch. DocVerse syncs whatever changes you make to any Office document to the screens of your collaborators.
Bing iPhone App With Voice Bugs (Updated)
Microsoft’s free Bing App for iPhone can search the Web, news, photos and maps. But in one central feature, it continuously crashes: When you use its Voice control. However, the Bing for Mobile team is working on an update.
EU Settles Web Browser Arguement With Microsoft
According to a Press release, the EU Commission approved Microsoft’s proposal to facilitate downloading alternative browsers in a Ballot Screen. Today, the Brussels Commission affirmed the Software Giant’s pledges to be mandatory and thus reconciled a cartel proceeding.