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Vista SP1 pops up on TechEd Australia’s website(update 2) MS says no SP1 at TechEd - istartedsomething

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It looks like Windows Vista’s first service pack is coming a lot sooner than expected. Mary Jo Foley’s reports that a Vista SP1 beta might be seeded to ‘elite’ testers and enthusiasts as early as this week and…

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Collection of published Vista SP1 API changes from MSDN - istartedsomething

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Microsoft might choose not to tell its enthusiasts anything about Windows Vista Service Pack 1, but they can’t afford to keep it a secret to the development community. For the same reasons some argue SP1 is the Holy…

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Microsoft Research releases Hotmaps (Live Earth Apocalypse edition) - istartedsomething

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If the world were to ever overflow with lava, Microsoft Research would have the maps for this new world first in the industry. Last April, Danyel Fisher, a Microsoft Researcher at Redmond developed a tool to create a…

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HP HDX “Dragon” notebook giveaway starts today

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The “31 Days of the Dragon” promotion to give away 31 state-of-the-art HP entertainment notebook PCs is nearing an end with over 16 lucky winners already chosen and only 8 more chances left to win.
Today this site…

Windows 7 to make appearance at D6 Conference

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A very tired little birdie who flew all the way from Seattle to Australia has chirped to me Windows 7 will be publically disclosed for the first time at the D6: All Things Digital Conference hosted by Walt Mossberg and…