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According to Microsoft, Service Pack 3 (SP3) will the be last service pack for Windows XP. This is part of the transition to Vista. In fact, a few of the new features in SP3 are also in Vista. While I hate to see the slow progression from XP to Vista, it is about time MS released another SP. It has been about 3 years since SP2 was released.

Why would I want SP3?

For starters, SP3 includes all of the patches and updates since SP1. Therefore, you can now install all of those updates via a single patch. Recently I completely wiped my computer and reinstalled Windows XP SP2 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04…

Apple has now added a great new feature to the Apple TV. You will now be able to buy movies directly through the Apple TV interface. With Apple releasing new movies for download the same day they are released on DVD, the iTunes market share will grow even bigger. People will become even more interested in buying and using the Apple TV now that you can just download the newest movies instead of going to the store and buying them.

Picture taken from www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

If Apple were to somehow create a deal so that iTunes could offer the movie before it was released on DVD, I would definitely buy more movies from iTunes and I might even consider buying…

By now most of you probably know that the newest version of the Ubuntu has been released. Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 was released about a week ago. This is the second Long Term Support (LTS) version of Ubuntu. The LTS desktop versions are supported for 3 years and the server edition for 5 years.

I have installed Hardy on my laptop (HP dv2000t) and have had few problems so far. From what I can tell Hardy seems to be a step in the right direction. For me, the jump to Hardy came from Feisty (7.04) via a fresh install. I tried Guty (7.10) but had…

Do you use Windows XP? Do you like the look and feel of a Mac? Have you ever considered making your Windows PC look like a Mac? FlyakiteOSX is a program that helps you do this.

“The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc. FlyakiteOSX DOES NOT contain any spyware or ad-ware of any kind. All files needed for FlyakiteOSX are stored in the Windows directory in a folder named ‘FlyakiteOSX’ that is hidden by default. All registry values for FlyakiteOSX are written to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\FlyakiteOSX.”

The program is pretty safe, but it does make some system file tweaks so things could go wrong. Luckily, when you install the program it offers to make a system…

According to a lot of stats I’ve found online, Internet Explorer still holds the largest percentage of users. With Windows having the largest market share, this makes complete sense even though there are plenty of easy and free alternatives. Here are a few alternatives to IE for those looking for something new or those just wanting to play around with new web browser (try one or two, you might actually like them):

Firefox: I know, I know, everyone knows about Firefox (but you’d be surprised how many people don’t know about it). I hear a lot nowadays that Firefox is the IE killer and that it’s safer and so on… I…

I thought I’d change Mac Monday a bit this week and talk about one of Apple’s great products: the iPhone. What could possibly come next? How could they make the iPhone any better? I for one, do not own an iPhone and it’s not because I don’t want one. Unfortunately the price and the small disk size has postponed my purchase for a little while. I have, however, come across some interesting news and rumors that I’d thought I’d share:

• We might be seeing a 3g iPhone pretty soon. While the WiFi on the iPhone works extremely well, when you aren’t near a WiFi connection things are just too slow. The 3g network will bring ‘broadband’ speed to

Having a single program scan your computer for software updates is built into both Mac OS X and Linux. In fact, most Mac and Linux users probably don’t think much of this luxury until they try to update a Windows machine. I have dozens of software titles installed that constantly need updated and this is how I do it.

As I’m sure some of you know, Filehippo is a website that allows you to download free software. They have an excellent selection of software and everything is easy to find. If you aren’t sure what a certain program is, not only does Filehippo have a description…