Last week, Apple launched the latest in its series of ads attacking PCs, this time ridiculing Microsoft for spending millions on advertising rather than on “fixing” its Windows Vista operating system. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally will be able to change the subject. At the company’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, the company is expected to detail for the first time its successor to Vista, Windows 7.
Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation released an emergency security update more than two weeks ahead of the company’s regular time of the month when update patches are issued, notifying of a vulnerability that could allow worms to run malicious codes on affected by the security hole machines.
On the Windows Vista blog, Microsoft’s Mike Nash says: As a part of the development and testing process, we’re going to start by providing a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers with Windows Vista SP2 Beta for evaluation next Wednesday, October 29. The final release date for Windows Vista SP2 will be based on quality. So we’ll track customer and partner feedback from the beta program before setting a final date for the release.
The next update to Windows Vista will enter beta testing next week, bringing with it support for Blu-ray drives, among other enhancements.In a blog posting on Friday, Microsoft confirmed that a beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 will be released next week.
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