This is a short list of Windows Vista SP2 information as listed by MaximumPC:
1. SP2 RC doesn’t include a lot of visible razzle-dazzle, but….
2. .. it’s designed to make your system work better with the latest hardware…
3. …and to clean up after itself.
4. It includes over 600 hotfixes to help your system work more reliably, but there are a few glitches to watch out for.
5. You’re not ready for Vista SP2 RC if you don’t have Vista SP1 installed.
6. vLite-streamlined Vista SP1 won’t work with SP2 RC
7. Vista SP2 RC is available in a bunch of installation flavors, but if …read more

Microsoft is offering a $250,000 bounty for anyone that could provide information for the capture of the author/s of the conficker worm that affected Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7, Windows XP SP3.
Microsoft sees the conficker worm as a criminal attack — “Microsoft has deemed the Conficker worm as nothing short of a criminal attack, and considers the reward a stem to this scenario. The company indicated that residents of any country worldwide are eligible for getting the $250,000, as long as they lead international law enforcement agencies to the author of Conficker. In the past, the software giant revealed …read more