Windows Vista SP1 Available for Download Next Week – July 16! - In beta version

Just six months following the general availability of Windows Vista, Microsoft is getting ready to deliver the first beta build for the operating system in mid July 2007. Vista users should expect SP1 anytime between Monday July 16 and Sunday July 22, according to a report from Mary Jo Foley. In this context, the Redmond company outdid itself and indeed has chances to deliver the final version of Vista's first service pack by the end
of the year.

Vista SP1 was initially planned for the end of 2007. Various sources within Microsoft but also from outside the company – such as Intel CEO Paul Otellini – pointed to a potential November 2007 release date for Vista SP1. The Redmond company then changed its tune, and muted all details related to Vista SP1, even providing the perspective that the service pack was going to be nothing more than a standard refresh for the operating system, and that Windows Update would come into focus instead.

However, the first beta for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will drop as early as next week. Microsoft did confirm officially that Vista SP1 beta will be launched before November 12, 2007. This detail was provided as a reaction to Google's mounting pressure associated with the Windows Desktop Search alterations planned for Vista SP1. With the Mountain View search giant pressing for an availability date for the service pack, Microsoft disclosed the possibility of a beta release before November.

The availability of a July beta version for Vista SP1 reveals the possibility of a final launch for November 2007. This would synchronize the release of Vista SP1 with the RTM date of Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn. And it appears that while the public information for Vista SP1 from Microsoft was ambivalent, oscillating between a non existent service pack and the late 2007 delivery, the Redmond company is going to stick with its initial plan to deliver Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 simultaneously.

WOW! Enraged User Shoots Computer 5 Times after Installing Windows Vista - A true Windows Vista Wow moment!

What should have been just a routine installation of Microsoft's latest operating system Windows Vista, ended up with a bang... literally. Microsoft applauded Windows Vista as an evolution in all aspects of the operating system compared to Windows XP. One of "anodyne" details designed to deliver an improved user experience is the installation process. However, a deployment model applauded for simplicity and ease of
use proved to be the death of a Windows Vista copy and the machine it was running on.

"What's a "wow moment"? It's that instant when you recognize that your life has changed—the moment you transform an idea that you once only dreamed of pursuing into something you have actually achieved," revealed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, before the operating system hit the shelves in January 2007, explaining "the Wow starts now" marketing campaign slogan.

Well, ex-police officer Ray Jackson from Columbia South Carolina, saw his life change for the worse after he struggled to get the computer to work following the installation of Windows Vista, reported FunTechTalk. Frustrated by the lack of responsiveness from the computer running Windows Vista, Jackson imagined pulling his gun out and settling all his problems with a few squeezes of the trigger.

Well, the idea that he only dreamed of pursuing, managed to become reality. Jackson finished up installing Windows Vista on girlfriend Wanda White's machine with little issues. However, he then hit compatibility problems and was unable to get the applications to work. "He just kept screaming at it and smacking the side of the computer," Wanda recalled.

But the smacking and the screaming did little to convince the programs to work seamlessly with Windows Vista. And with his girlfriend out of the house and visiting some neighbors, Jackson reached the end of his patience and for his gun. He then shoot the computer a number of five times, missing only once. Fortunately, the only victims were the machine and the copy of Windows Vista. The ex-law enforcement officer was subsequently apprehended and is in police custody.

Four Months in Prison for a YouTube Clip - Showing a teenager speeding on the road

An 18-year-old teenager has been sentenced to 4 months in prison after he filmed himself driving with approximately 120 miles per hour and posted the clips on the popular online video
sharing service YouTube. The recordings were made with a cellphone and were created on a quite busy motorway from Fenwick Street, Burnley. According to The Daily Mail, the teenager was driving a Toyota MR 2 sports car that was actually belonging to his father. It seems like the boy was identified by an off duty police officer who managed to note his registration number and confirmed that the YouTube speedster is actually the boy he saw on the motorway.

"The fact that you filmed this indicated your actions were deliberate and calculated. Then you respectively bragged about what you had done by showing film material to others and it ended up on the Internet. The distribution of such clips is thoroughly irresponsible for it encourages others to do likewise. I am afraid I regard this aspect of the case to be a seriously aggravating feature," Judge Anthony Russell said according to the Daily Mail.

In the past there were several similar cases concerning speedsters and YouTube but most of them were abandoned due to the lack of information. For example, a UK resident filmed himself while he was driving with a huge speed for a city and published the video on YouTube.

After several weeks of availability, the authorities managed to identify the driver and sent him to the judge. However, it was quite difficult to accuse him of speeding since the fines must be sent after a maximum of 15-day period since the law infringement was reported. As there was no sign of the date appearing in the clips, the man remained unpunished and he is probably speeding again on the UK roads. Let's hope not...