Liveside is reporting that a new installer has been released for the final Wave 2 applications to be released. According to Liveside, not much as changed but this one is the final version.
Topic: Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008 release this month
Microsoft has announced that it will release the latest version of its flagship development software, Visual Studio 2008, at the end of November.
The company has also announced that it has changed it’s licensing terms for Visual Studio 2008 to allow its partners to build add-ons that works with other operating systems other than Microsoft’s Windows OS.
The Latest Zune’s pitch
Microsoft has just released it’s new marketing advertising push to sell it’s iPod Competitor. What do you think about this ad… does it really want you to get the Zune?
Schools told not to sign with Microsoft
UK’s computer agency Becta has advised schools not to sign a licensing deal with Microsoft over anti-competitiveness practices. The agency has also filed a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading; saying that Microsoft has not resolved any “fundamental concerns” over academic licensing of Windows Vista and Office 2007.
IE needs the Pirates
Microsoft has removed that annoying so-called protection program Windows Geniune Advantage on the Internet Explorer 7 version for XP.
Kind of embarrassing when Microsoft has to give up on it’s ‘protection’ pride and give in to increase IE7′s market share. According to our statistics, more than 50% use Firefox.
.info unblocked on MSN
OOO looks like .info domains are blocked from MSN 
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XP not finished until June…
Microsoft has bowed down to pressure after several PC makers were upset that they could not sell XP anymore, even though the consumers demanded it beforehand, after the 30th of January 2008. Now, they have pushed it 5 months later, to the 30th June 2008.
Halo 3 rakes in $170 millon in one day
Halo 3, Microsoft’s Entertainment division’s last hope to get a profit, has raked in $170 million in the US alone on launch day. This puts it as a bigger launch day than the Spiderman 3 movie and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book.
Office 2008 for Mac due in January 2008
Office 2008 for the Mac is set to be released soon, with it being launched in Australia on the 31st January 2008; with a mix of three versions.
The full version of Office 2008 will contain Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Entourage. The ‘Home & Student’ edition will feature Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Entour… basically the same thing. How weird?
Microsoft might invest in Facebook
Microsoft is currently in talks with Facebook to buy a minority stake in the company. This new deal could make the company value at $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday.
Zune is a try hard?
Zune-Scene has confirmed that a some new Zune players are coming out soon.
Rumour has it that the release date will be on October 16, with two versions, with a 4GB, 8GB and 80GB version; in three colours – red, black and pink… no more brown!
We want to dominate you… in your living room?
In it’s latest push to become the central hub for all your media, Microsoft has quietly announced support for both DivX and XviD codecs. DivX and XviD are both the same codec, but both developed separately; with only XviD supporting both.
Leaked Vista Service Pack 1
The leak of the first service pack for WIndows Vista, imaginatively named SP1, means that we get to hear about the improvements before it gets a real release. APCMag reviewed a leaked copy of the software, and found that it’s pretty much your standard service pack fare: a bunch of bug fixes and noticeable performance tweaks. The only new feature is an option to create a recovery disk, along with a crapload of new install packages for Vista’s components, with no readily apparent changes. So, what’s Microsoft waiting for? Get it out the door already!
Some Live Updates…
Windows Live Director, Tetuya Onoda, apparently showed Japanese media the brand new look of Windows Live’s Live.com portal. No signs of the direct integration between the Vista Gadgets (as promised), but it’s using the Wave 2 UI, now used on Windows Live Spaces.
Mac OS X on a PC
CNET TV has a video explaining how to install Mac OS X on a PC, that’s great if you are too geeky to do it in the first place.
WARNING: This may potentially damage your laptop, please do not try this unless you know what you’ll need to do.