There’s still no way to download and install Vista SP1. It’s only available as a 3.2GB DVD ISO which you can burn to disc and use to install a full version of Windows Vista. But APC Magazine and I Started Something have taken a look under the hood. Continue reading
Robin Hood was revered because he stole from the rich and gave to the poor. And while it’s not quite the same thing, there isn’t a whole lot of sympathy being thrown towards Microsoft when it was heard that a testing release of Windows XP SP3 was leaked and is floating around the internet now. Everyone loved watching Mel Gibson prove he’s an idiot. Everyone loved watching Kramer lose his mind. And everyone loves when things don’t go as planned for Microsoft. We love when people who seem to have everything together show that they don’t. Plus this Windows leak is an hilarious slap in the face to Steven Sinofsky’s little attempt at complete secrecy. It’s so fitting that he’d be unsuccessful at keeping things secret, since he looks a bit like a really terrible magician (see picture). Continue reading
