Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of its instant-messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services.

When Microsoft released a new version of Windows last week, Rob Malda -- one of the creators of the Linux community site Slashdot -- posted this message online in response to a comment about XP: "I ...

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As per the unofficial timeline, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been uploaded to Microsoft's servers. Currently, the final build is only available on the download.windowsupdate domain in the ...