Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final
Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet Explorer 7 running on XP SP3 RTM Build 5512.
IE7-WindowsXP-KB947864-x86-ENU.exe is designed for both XP SP2 and XP SP3, and was initially offered on May 6, 2008, after downloads containing the latest service pack for XP went live via Windows Update and the Download Center.
"This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024," Microsoft informed. "Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
TorrentSpy operator ordered to pay $111 million in damages
Serving up links to BitTorrent downloads of copyrighted material doesn't pay. According to the Associated Press, a Los Angeles, California court has found in favor of six major Hollywood movie studios in a case versus pirate website TorrentSpy.com. As part of the judgment, former TorrentSpy.com operator Valence Media will have to pay a hefty $111 million in damages to the plaintiffs—that's $30,000 for each one of 3,700 or so torrents for movies and TV shows to which the site linked.
Valence Media has been embroiled in legal troubles since February 2006, when the Motion Picture Association of America filed its initial copyright infringement lawsuit. The following year, News.com reported that the federal judge overseeing the case had "ruled against the BitTorrent indexing service TorrentSpy.com saying that its hiding and destruction of evidence made a fair trial impossible." TorrentSpy.com went down on March 24, and a notice on the now-empty site reads:
We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008. . . . The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile. We spent the last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, defending the rights of our users and ourselves. . . . Ultimately the Court demanded actions that in our view were inconsistent with our privacy policy, traditional court rules, and International law; therefore, we now feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for our users - permanent shutdown.
The AP says Valence Media's lawyers have filed a document in court asking for the judgement to be stayed. The lawyers claim the company is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United Kingdom.
Thanks to bink.nu , for solving the problem of slip-streaming XP SP3 on vista machines. it may not affect many people but it good to know. another tip if you are running vista and want to slipstream XP SP3, IMO its best to use Microsoft's Virtual PC its free and really easy to use. It makes installing another OS on vista simple (easier than dual boot).
WOW that me advertising Microsoft need to visit the quack I think
"So I build a new Windows XP ISO with SP3 integrated, this is a Volume License editions (VOL) which only accepts Volume License Keys (VLK). When I want to install it on a clean machine, I noticed that setup prompts for a product key and it does not allow me to continue, which should be a new feature in XP sp3. OK so I fill in the VLK but it does not accept it, I try another one from a customer of mine, does not work either.
I found out that the problem is when you do the XP Sp3 slipstream process on a Windows Vista machine, the API gives a different response and screws up the PID process. This is a bug and Microsoft knew about this in December, still the bug remained and made it all the way to RTM, nice work Microsoft.
So XP SP slipstream only on XP or 2003 machines!!!"
Thanks to bink.nu , for solving the problem of slip-streaming XP SP3 on vista machines. it may not affect many people but 
it good to know. another tip if you are running vista and want to slipstream XP SP3, IMO its best to use Microsoft's 
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