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Windows XP SP 2 Due Next Month
About freakin' time...Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said it will offer a new version of Windows XP in August to improve protection against computer viruses. The company will complete work on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and begin distributing it free over the Internet to customers who already own Windows XP, Microsoft Vice President Mike Nash said in an interview. The company initially planned to offer the update, which will also be loaded on new computers, by June. Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, has spent months improving security in Windows XP after two major computer worms crashed computers and slowed customers' networks last August. The work on the Windows XP update, whe work on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and begin distributing it free over the Internet to cust the company's work on its next version of Windows. Shares of Microsoft fell 2 cents to $27.84 as of 2:30 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market Composite trading. Posted by: Raj 2004-07-12 |
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