If you’re using Windows XP Chinese edition, the update file of Service Pack 3 is available for you to download. Simply click this link will bring you to that file.

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Microsoft is releasing the newest service pack to the family of Windows XP, called the Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 1. This SP3 bringing in a host of security updates, fixes in addition to some new improvements. It is subtly billed as an update program file known as kb936929, and indeed a hefty download that weighs in at 336.1MB. The purpose of this release is to fill the gaps that any existing Windows XP users when they installing the updates, any particular important update they might missed. Thus, any Windows XP SP1 or SP2 users can install this SP3. On top of that, this is a product strategy that Microsoft want to please its existing Windows XP users that their PCs did not support the Windows Vista.

Some enhancements can be found on this SP3, such as the Network Access Protection, that allowed Windows XP PCs to leverage Windows Server 2008 capabilities, Black Hole Router Protection, and many more.

Adobe now faces the challenges of providing the patch in solving the security problem in its most popular programs. The failure of reassuring its users’ interests first has put the users that used Windows XP platform under a big security threat. According to the security advisory posted by Adobe, Adobe has admitted that a critical vulnerability can be found in versions 8.1 and earlier of Adobe Reader and Acrobat. This security flaw was first came courtesy of a security expert, Petko Petkov in a blog entry last month. Petkov said, “Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF documents can be used to compromise your Windows box. Completely!!! Invisibly and unwillingly!!! All it takes is to open a PDF document or stumble across a page which embeds one.” In his February blog post, he also mentioned, “PDF is very interesting file format. It allows the PDF consumer to do almost everything they can think of and this is the reason why I find it quite insecure.”

Meanwhile, Adobe categorized the bug as a critical issue and recommended its users to apply the suggested workaround as stated in the security advisory. However, Adobe’s workaround requires their Windows XP users a flair of editing the Windows registry.

Apple has just released a newest update to its dual boot software, i.e. Bootcamp 1.2 beta that will supports Windows Vista operating system in addition to several major improvements. The concept of bootcamp is great in the way that it offered the flexibility and convenient use of Apple’s Mac to the users. However, for some Apple’s fans, they’ve been using Apple for many years, the compelling experiences that they had in Apple would not be easily overtake by Windows Vista despite the dual boot system is available nowadays.