To start off this review will be simple, if you played Gears of War on Xbox 360 then your already familiar with the game. However, you are also missing out on a few additions in the PC version of Gears of War.

If you enjoyed playing Gears of War on the Xbox 360, or if you’ve never played the Xbox 360 version, you will enjoy every minute of the game. The game is intense, and full of non-stop action. Generally, I am usually bias towards this type of shooter — I am one for a good ole FPS — however, Gears of War just has something that …

Update: Microsoft has officially released Windows Vista SP1 to the Microsoft Download Center for immediate Download.

Microsoft has finally announced that it has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows Update, also, the final product goes on sale on amazon.com as well as retail stores (or as soon as retailers get it to shelves).

If in running Windows Update you do not see Windows Vista SP1 listed, there are a number of good reasons for this (Eight in fact, see the whole list.). Below are a few of the most common reasons why you might not see SP1 on Windows Update:

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  Microsoft has apparently decided to ship the retail versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and should be available online at Amazon.com tomorrow.

As you may already know, Microsoft released the final SP1 code to testers on in early February and the company has also issued the product to subscribers of Microsoft’s TechNet and MSDN. In the interim, the company has also let the update slip onto Windows Update, and quickly removed it from Windows Update.

Initially, Microsoft planned to have the retail boxed copies of Windows Vista with SP1 integrated on store shelves in April, now in according to sources "We were …

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  Today at MIX08 Microsoft announced that it is releasing Windows Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 for testing.

With today’s release of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft said this version of Internet Explorer is targeted at developers, however, anyone whom wants to give it a try may do so at the own peril. Microsoft has made a lot of improvements in Internet Explorer 8 since its release of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft has added a lot of new features. The features improve the usability and compatibility with websites.
The following features have been added to Internet Explorer 8:

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