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Bill Gates reportedly deleted his own FaceBook account, after being tired of getting more than 8000 friend request per day. As you know Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook last year for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook.

According to a Microsoft Spokesperson Gates speaking to The Sun hasn’t deleted it, but that he has stopped using it because he was inundated with friend requests.

Well if Bill Gates really was irritated with Friend Request, he could have just made his Profile Private and turn off Friend Requests :| So much so for being the World’s Richest man…….

Microsoft Windows Vista was Officially Launched more than an year back. Its time for an Service Pack :D Microsoft’s Officially releasing its Service Pack in March. But it has released it for now to OEM Partners just as it relased Vista a month before its Official Launch to its OEM Partners.

The Total Download Size of the SP1 Disc Image is around 1.2Gb. Download it Directly from Microsoft Servers and fast cause you never know when MS takes it down.

To Download : >Click Here< (Link Dead Now)

Update : Bad luck for all those who couldn’t download that Image before MS took it down.

But if you still are eager to install Vista SP1, my friend Joel has posted a neat trick to get SP1 Officially via Windows Updates.

Here are those Steps which are Originally posted >Here< :

1. First Download the VistaSP1WU.cmd, then login in as administrator and double click the file to execute it.
2. Wait for a conformation message.
3. Now check for new updates in the windows update. You will find Vista Service Pack 1 listed in the updates.
4. Download and install it.

The news of Yahoo not interested in Microsofts Deal is all over the internet now. But very few actually know that Microsoft really doesn’t want to lose this chance and desperately wants Yahoo to still reconcile and reconsider the Deal. In a statements today Microsoft said that it’s still interested in “consummating” with Yahoo, and wants to make a point to Yahoo ShareHolders the value that lies in their proposal !

Here’s what Microsoft said :

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The much awaited Vista Only Version of the new Yahoo Messenger was provided for Beta Testing to public today. I too got the invitation to try out the BETA today. And I have just one word to say ! KEWL ! Yes, it looks totally kewl and some great Eye Candy !

Check out some cool new ScreenShots !

New Revamped Login Window :

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Sabeer ‘Hotmail’ Bhatia has gone and launched “Live Documents”, described as a ‘hybrid online-offline Office suite of applications.

The launch was announced today by InstaColl, the Bangalore-based software product company co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia.

“Live Documents” is a full-featured suite of online Office productivity applications offering functionality equivalent to Microsoft’s desktop applications — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

More : http://www.live-documents.com/

The latest major release of the World’s Most Preferred Internet Browser is due soon. For now a Beta Release of FireFox 3 is available. Follow the link to download it :

Download FireFox 3 BETA 1

What’s New in FireFox 3 

The Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta supporting Windows Vista is now available for testing. Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to.

Windows SteadyState includes the following features to help you manage your shared computers:

• Getting Started – Provides the initial steps to help you during your first time use of Windows SteadyState.
• Windows Disk Protection – Help protect the Windows partition, which contains the Windows operating system and other programs, from being modified without administrator approval. Windows SteadyState allows you to set Windows Disk protection to remove all changes at a certain date and time or to not remove changes at all. If you choose to use Windows Disk Protection to remove changes, any changes made by shared users when they are logged on to the computer are removed when the computer is restarted.
• User Restrictions and Settings – The user restrictions and settings can help to enhance and simplify the user experience. Restrict user access to programs, settings, Start menu items, and options in Windows. You can also lock shared user accounts to prevent changes from being retained from one session to the next.
• User Account Manager – Create and delete user accounts. You can use Windows SteadyState to create user accounts on alternative drives that will retain user data and settings even when Windows Disk Protection is turned on. You can also import and export user settings from one computer to another—saving valuable time and resources.
• Computer Restrictions – Control security settings, privacy settings, and more, such as preventing users from creating and storing folders in drive C and from opening Microsoft Office documents from Internet Explorer.
• Schedule Software Updates – Update the shared computer with the latest software and security updates when it is convenient for you and the shared users.

Get it from : Microsoft.com