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Download IE8 RTW Language Packs for Vista SP1 - Softpedia
Concomitantly with the general availability of Internet Explorer 8 RTW , Microsoft also released to web the IE8 Language Packs. Fact is that the gold version of IE8 RTW is currently available for download in no less than 25 languages, but the

Microsoft Windows 7 RC Download Coming in May - PC World
Microsoft Corp. will issue a public release candidate of Windows 7 in May, according to the company’s Web site. The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) download page on Microsoft’s TechNet site carries a date of “May 2009,” and spells out a slew of

Microsoft renews hunt for counterfeit Windows XP - TechWorld
In a move which tacitly acknowledges the continued popularity of Windows XP over Vista , Microsoft is updating the operating system’s anti-piracy technology to detect illegal copies installed with newly-stolen or faked product keys, or with new

Windows Vista Gets Another Dose of The ‘Blue Pill’ - InternetNews.com
LAS VEGAS — Once again security researcher Joanna Rutkowska took the stage at Black Hat, and once again she set out to prove in glorious detail how to exploit and attack Microsoft Windows Vista. Rutkowska blew the lid off last year’s Black Hat event

Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta for Windows 7, Vista SP1, and XP SP3 - Softpedia
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer has evolved this week from version 1.0 to 2.0. In fact, as MIX09 debuted, the Redmond company made available for download the Beta development milestone of Web Platform Installer 2.0. Web Platform Installer 2.0

Windows Vista Exec’s Solo Album Almost As Good As Vista - CNN Money
Former Microsoft (MSFT) Windows executive Jim Allchin, who left the company in early 2007, has had enough time on his hands to release a solo guitar-and-vocals album, “Enigma.” It hit iTunes on Tuesday , and some comedian at Apple (AAPL) had the

Testers get RTM-Escrow build of SP2 for Vista, Server 2008 - Ars Technica
This week, Microsoft Connect testers received the RTM-Escrow build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Ars has learned. The company is letting testers grab it as a standalone installer package (all languages) as well as

Windows Geeks Warm to Macs - Computerworld
Premium netbooks: Good value or oxymoron? Obama’s Web 2.0 ‘town hall’ draws 92,000 users Judge could cripple Vista Capable lawsuit next week Microsoft slates May date for Windows 7 RC download Wozniak urges geeks to vote for him on Dancing Gone but

Microsoft’s latest service pack will bring the ability to record Blu - DailyTech
On the tails of the release of the Windows Vista SP2 Release Candidate to the masses, only a couple weeks later Microsoft has delivered the RTM Escrow build to its Connect beta testers . Microsoft had already released this build several days ago