Windows Search 4.0 Available For Download
Windows Search 4.0 is now available as a final version from Microsoft for download. A Preview version of Windows Search 4.0 was previously available for download for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. A lot of quality improvements have been made since the Preview version because of the feedback that Microsoft got from its users. The Preview version was downloaded around 300,000 times!
Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
Windows XP SP3 Includes Vulnerable Flash Player
Wondering another bug? LOL, yeah! Windows XP Service Pack 3 seems to be a never ending portal of bugs. A new bug again, this is simply crazy! One bug ends and the other begins. Previously, the reboot problems were enough for the AMD users, and Microsoft had no idea how to get rid of it, until HP came out with the fix. Phew! Now let’s begin with the latest bug that has been found in SP3.
It’s been reported that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) ships with an out-of-date version of Adobe’s Flash Player that’s vulnerable to recently-spotted attacks, according to Microsoft’s support documentation. Windows XP SP3 includes Flash Player 9.0.115.0, a version released by Adobe Systems Inc. in December 2007, and was superseded by Version 9.0.124.0 on April 8, nearly two weeks before Microsoft decided SP3 was done by giving it a release to manufacturing (RTM) label and sending it out for distribution.
Introducing Windows 7 With Real Screenshots
If you thought Windows Vista was the end of Windows franchise, then you’re wrong. Currently in development, is Micorosft’s next version of Windows named as Windows 7. It is expected to be released in 2010, four years after the release of Vista. Windows 7 or Windows Seven, was initially codenamed as Blackcomb, but later in 2006 it was renamed as Windows Vienna and last year it was named as Windows 7. Who knows, we might hear a new name by Microsoft this year?
This time Microsoft is expecting to surprise its users and customers with performance tweaks and improvements rather than providing eye-candy visuals like they did in Windows Vista. Some of the latest features in news, regarding Windows 7 are, support for Virtual Hard Disks, new user-interface, a new calculator (totally lame!) etc.
Glow In The Dark Xbox 360
XCM has developed a replacement shell for Xbox 360, which actually glow green when lights go out. This new shell replaces your entire exterior of Xbox 360 to produce a creepy-ish green-glowing effect in a dark room. And as this shell is partially transparent, you can even see what’s inside your Xbox 360 (screenshots below).
Office 2007 SP2 Will Support Open Document Format
Microsoft has announced that they will be adding support for several new document formats in Office 2007. Office 2007 SP2 is planned to release in the first half of 2009, and the major addition in it will be Office 2007’s support for XPS, PDF 1.5, and ODF 1.1 files, among others.
Download UXtheme.dll Patch For Windows XP SP3
In spite of all the problems that have come with Windows XP SP3, people are still using it. If you are also one of them, then you must have noticed that your 3rd party Windows XP themes have not be working after installing service pack 3. That’s because the uxtheme.dll has been changed.
To fix this, you will need the UXtheme Patcher in order to run any 3rd party themes on Windows XP. Download it from here [direct link] and run the EXE file. Press the Patch button, and wait for a few seconds for it to patch. Now restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Egged By A Student
Now here’s something that all my readers would love to watch. While Ballmer spoke at the Hungarian University of Economy yesterday, a student started throwing eggs at the Microsoft CEO. This act was meant to protest the millions of dollars Hungary’s government spends to license Microsoft software at universities. He also asked the Microsoft CEO to give the money back to the taxpayers.
