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Microsoft Corp. today released the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a long-awaited reliability and performance update, to an invite-only group of testers.

Nick White, a program manager on the Vista team, announced on the Microsoft Blog “Today we release the Beta of windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to a private group of Beta testers via connect.microsoft.com,” White said, referring to Microsoft’s beta test site.

Late last month, when Microsoft finally confirmed the beta and partially outlined its schedule, an executive promised that SP1’s first preview would be out before the end of September. Microsoft has invited approximately 12,000 people to test SP1, Mike Nash, the head of Windows client operating system product management, said in a videotaped interview posted on Microsoft’s website.

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Scientists have created a non-stick gum. Clean Gum, as it is called, supposedly can be easily removed from shoes and pavements (as well as from hair, skin, and clothes).

You will be able to walk down the street without fear of ruining your favorite shoes. Results from preliminary tests, announced today at the annual BA Festival of Science held at the University of York in England, also indicate that the gum will degrade naturally in water.

“The advantage of our Clean Gum is that it has great taste, it is easy to remove and has the potential to be environmentally degradable,” said Terence Cosgrove of the University of Bristol in England and a scientist for the company, Revolymer, that created the gum.

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He gave away his last album free with a newspaper, but Prince has now taken a stance to defend the rights of the artist by launching a legal action against internet sites that he claims have infringed his copyright. The singer has announced he is taking the action to protect copyright “not just for himself, but for all artists in the digital age”. He wants, he says, to “reclaim his art on the internet”. In the first phase of his legal action, the musician will target a number of commercial and pirate internet sites including YouTube, eBay and PirateBay. It is alleged that these sites have infringed Prince’s copyright by failing to filter out unauthorised content. Source: The Independent

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Well here we are again listening to Microsoft boast about Windows Vista, reading a few editorials from Microsoft there seems to be a lot of confusion with how many copies Microsoft have sold of Vista.

Reports say that Microsoft have sold 40million copies of Windows Vista in 100 days, but yet a lot of users are still sticking with WindowsXP as it’s the most reliable operating system on the Market. No way did they sell this amount in 100 days.
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FaceBook, Bebo and MySpace are all social networks, with millions of members of the public submitting their private information to the networks stated.

This information can range from where you live to what hobbies you love doing, including your private blogs, photos and maybe even telephone numbers.

FaceBook has announced it’s opening up details of members world wide and everyone within it to the general public.

Bebo operate in much the same way – but here’s the catch – you have to register with Bebo before you can view anybody’s profile.

FaceBook will (reportedly) allow ANYBODY to view profiles without registration, so in some cases members of FaceBook might be electronically abused, but there’s no way of tracking the abuser as they have not registered with the site.
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This is a few pieces of useful information which we thought you might like to know about Microsoft.

Seemingly over the weekend there was a failure in validation of Windows Vista through the WGA Tool created and used by Microsoft (Windows Genuine Advantage).

With windowsXP its not built-in, it can be downloaded, alternative versions can also be downloaded too

With Windows Vista it’s actually built-in to the operating system, Microsoft hoping nobody could crack it – well there’s many fake versions of Vista on the scene and the corporate giant is unwilling to admit its failing against its battle in piracy.

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