Microsoft has posted a major package of updates and security fixes for Windows Vista. It said that "Service Pack 1" will improve Vista’s reliability, security and performance, though many components already have been released during monthly updates since the operating system went on sale just more than a year ago.
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/ 28 February 2008
Microsoft launched a new version of its server operating system with great fanfare on Wednesday, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a giant leap forward. It also unveiled a new edition of Visual Studio 2008, used by computer programmers to create desktop and web applications.
Microsoft will send out replacement parts for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel after 50 reports that the video-game controllers overheated and released smoke when plugged in, the software maker said last week. The steering-wheel-shaped controllers mimic the physical sensations of race-car driving.