Windows XP service pack close at hand
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
The impending update to Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is expected to give end-users more control over applications that launch by default on PCs as well as more advanced wireless connectivity. Microsoft is set to deliver Windows XP Service Pack 1, a set of bug fixes, feature upgrades, and technical tweaks, to manufacturers sometime "in the next 10 days," said Charmaine Gravning, product manager with Microsoft's Windows division. Users will eventually be able to download it or purchase it for $9.95 on a CD, soon after manufacturers get their hands on it, Gravning said.
Windows XP Service Pack 1 will also add support for new computers such as the Tablet PC and the "Mira" desktop computer, officially known as the Windows Powered Smart Display, whose monitor and CPU are connected wirelessly, allowing users to access their hard drive and the Internet from the detached monitor.