Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft’s own good? by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley Did Microsoft make XP Service Pack (SP) 2 too good for its own good? Or is Vista just an off release that Microsoft should hurry up and replace — and definitely Full Article

Five take aways on Microsoft’s new Live Search by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley It’s official: Microsoft has begun rolling out its fall Live Search release. Here are my five take-aways about what’s new and what’s coming next from Full Article

Microsoft added sidebar gadgets to the Windows Vista interface with the intention that it would enhance the overall user experience. But the gadgets that actually ship with Vista don’t exactly fulfill that promise. Once again, the user and Full Article

Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft’s next flop? by ZDNet’s David Berlind Although you don’t hear about them too often, Microsoft has had its own share of flops in the market. Perhaps the most legendary of these was the ill-fated Full Article

Bullseye on Google: Hackers expose holes in GMail, Blogspot, Search Appliance by ZDNet’s Ryan Naraine In the past few days, there have been multiple disclosures of security vulnerabilies in a wide range of Google products, including a Full Article

zdnet article here Posted by Mary Jo Foley Hewlett Packard now has its hands on the Windows Home Server (WHS) update for which it decided to delay its MediaSmart Home Server. HardwareGeeks.com got Microsoft to confirm that HP now has the WHS patch. Full Article