Well, overclocking is a very risky occupation, but the guys and gals at Xbitlabs couldn't resist the temptation of trying some of their mastered soldering techniques on the new representative of today's graphics elite.

Just got word that Microsoft has released two new updates. One for Microsoft Word 2002 & Excel 2002 each.

Ok peeps if you are still looking for the Windows XP Service Pack 1 in your own languages look no further cause we got the comprehensive list posted for the English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Brazilian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Portuguese, Greek and Turkish versions. And a big thanks to all the guys that sent in the info.

Microsoft has released an online document in which the product support lifecycles are stated. According to it software and hardware product support is limited to 5 years after release. An extented support of additional two years is purchaseable for corporate versions. After the maximum of seven year support only online resources like knowledge base and FAQ's will be maintained for a timeframe of 8 years+.

I don't know what to feel about this. In the past week Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has been saying Microsoft didnt gave that much importance for security in products because nobody was willing to pay for it and now if they (consumer not M$ ...) want's it they will have to pay.
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This just in from Winbeta.org who have gotten their greedy hands on the FINAL release of this beautiful package.

No, this release is NOT cracked. Like the beta versions, you will need an actual MSN 8 account to use most of its' features. The new MSN Explorer 8 includes smart features like an automatic e-mail virus protection service, an intelligent junk mail filter, powerful parental controls, and easy import tools. Plus, it's the only Internet service that's based on advanced Microsoft technology, making it simply the best online experience available today.

This update resolves the "Unchecked Buffer in Outlook Express S/MIME Parsing Could Enable System Compromise (Q328676)" vulnerability in Outlook Express. Download now to keep your computer secure. Dated October 10, 2002.

Outlook Express 6 Outlook Express 5.5 SP2

"XDocs," a code name for the newest member of the Microsoft Office family, streamlines the process of gathering information by enabling teams and organizations to easily create and work with rich, dynamic forms. The information collected can be integrated with a broad range of business processes because XDocs supports any customer-defined XML schema and integrates with XML Web services. As a result, XDocs helps to connect information workers directly to organizational information and gives them the ability to act on it, which leads to greater business impact.

Activewin.com have been informed that DirectX 9 Beta 3 has been released to beta testers.

Requires Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

Does not support either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0

Do not install the DirectX 9.0 beta on a machine that you need run the shader debugger for DirectX 8.1 code. There is a known issue in Beta 3 that prevents correct operation on DirectX 8.1 shaders. This will be fixed in the near future.

UPDATE: We now have some download links! Thanks to our good friends Neowin.net and Voodoo.

Russian SP1 for Microsoft Windows XP now released.

Download: xpsp1_ru_x86.exe

From russian, with love ;)

The Windows XP Corporate Deployment Tools (deploy.cab) assists system administrators in installing Windows XP on multiple computers. This file contains updates to Setup Manager, the Sysprep utility, and related documentation.

Prepare yourself for the most exciting online event of the year: the unveiling of the new MSN® 8 Internet Service, the Web experience you've been asking for. MSN 8, which launches this fall, is the new Internet service and software from Microsoft® that was designed to make the Web more useful than ever.

This just in from Neowin.net:

Thanks Neo566 for dropping news of an update to MSN Messenger in the forums. Its now at 4.6.0083 so if auto-update didn't prompt you yet go here to update.

Whats that I hear you say? You have 4.7.0104 installed? Thats also correct but you have Windows Messenger for Windows XP. The version number is different than MSN Messenger. Theres even several beta versions of MSN Messenger 5 the latest at at 5.0,0527 but that is not readily available to download yet. We can expect to see that version shipping at the end of this month when Microsoft launches MSN Explorer 8 where MSN Messenger 5 is included in the package.

The Microsoft Visual J#? .NET Redistributable Package 1.1 Beta includes everything you need to run your Visual J# .NET applications on a machine that already has the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Beta installed.

The Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Beta includes everything you need to run .NET Framework applications, including the Common Language Runtime, the .NET Framework class library, and ASP.NET. The .NET Framework 1.1 Beta is available for download in English only.

Microsoft has released two new security updates for Windows XP which may require your immediate attention. They apply to previous OS versions of the Redmond based company as well. You find details below. Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Could Lead to Code Execution (Q329048) Date: 02 October 2002 Software: Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus! Pack, Windows Me or Windows XP Impact: Two vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could run code of attackers choice Max Risk: Moderate Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Could Enable Code Execution (Q323255) Date: 02 October 2002 Software: Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP Impact: Attacker could gain control over user's system Max Risk: Critical Read more...

Just a quick note to let you know that Microsoft have released the Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta Build 2800 Update for Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000!

You can only download the Update using the Windows Media Player 9 Auto-updater. That's open the player, then click on the Help button, click on check for player updates then download the 2 files there about 1.8mb each and now you have Build 2800. Microsoft's Windows Media Player 9 website has not yet been updated.

Just got word that Bink's Windows XP dedicated website has posted details regarding Microsoft's Windows .Net Server 2003 interim build 3678 pre RC2 and FoxPro 8.0 Toledo. Kinda interesting if you're into MS stuff.

Big Thanks to Xp-erience.org! if you upgrade a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion or a Compaq Presario desktop computer that is running Windows XP to Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), and you then perform a non-destructive System Recovery operation, any of the following symptoms might occur: