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Windows Vista SP2 set for April launch to manufacturers?
Engadget — In case you missed it, last week TechARP said that Vista SP2 is scheduled for an April 2009 release to manufacturing -- that means not you... not yet anyway. We're guessing that it will hit a month later for general release if the Vista SP1 rollout was any indication. So who's TechARP? Oh just the same group of Malaysian kids that like to boast about how they broke the Vista SP1 and XP SP3 release schedules to the world. That makes their "confidential source" worth listening to. The source adds that Microsoft will deliver a SP2 release candidate as early as February so we'll know soon enough how ...

Linkpost | 12.1.2008
TechBlog — Is the iPhone a retail merchant's worst nightmare? | Main December 01, 2008 Linkpost | 12.1.2008 • Hoping to Draw Market Share With Touch Screens - Cell phone makers rush to duplicate the design and features of the iPhone. • Stainless - Google Chrome's Mac Twin [Mac Only] - An attempt to mimic the design of Chrome for the Mac, but with even fewer features. • A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source - Keith Curtis thinks his former employer "is toast". • Windows Vista Service Pack 2's Latest Release Schedule - TechARP, the site that nailed the Vista SP1 and XP SP3 release dates, says Vista SP2 ...

SP2 for Windows Server 2008 & Vista delayed
D' Technology Weblog — It looks like Microsoft has delayed the release of their release candidate and RTM builds by a month. Replacing the original release candidate build is something they call a “release candidate escrow build.” We have no idea what that means. If you know, please let us know. The actual release candidate build has now been delayed till March. The RTM build of Service Pack 2, which was originally scheduled for April, has been delayed until sometime in Q2, 2009. That means a launch in either May or June, barring any further delays, reports Tech ARP. ...

Microsoft delivers new Vista SP2 test build
All about Microsoft — January 28th, 2009 Microsoft delivers new Vista SP2 test build Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 2:08 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Service Pack , Vista , Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn , Windows client , Windows server Tags: Microsoft Windows Server , Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Windows Server 2008 , Operating Systems , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has made available to a select group of testers an ...

Windows Vista SP2 RC may be in the hands of testers as we speak
Engadget — Sure, the big hubbub's been Windows 7 (give us some time and we'll figure out how to install it on a toaster!) but Microsoft is betting that quite a few folks will be stranded in Vistaland (Vista Town? Vista Village? The dreaded Vista Flats?) for some time to come, and they'll need provisions -- like blankets, candles, water, and service packs. According to Tech Arp, Windows Vista SP2 RC is meeting testers sometime this week as an escrow build, which means that the public could see this thing as soon as early Q2 this year. You've been warned... [Via Computerworld] Filed under: Desktops, ...

Microsoft to push IE 8 to business users in August
All about Microsoft — June 30th, 2009 Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in August Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:37 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Internet Explorer , OEMs , Resellers , Service Pack , System builders , Vista , Windows 7 , Windows client Tags: Microsoft Windows Update , Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Internet Explorer , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows , Web Browsers , Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn) , ...