12 Feb 2008
Windows XP Update Library On a CD

This would be downright useful, especially for those of us unable to get on broadband.

Project Dakota, a one-man effort to provide all Windows XP SP2 updates on one downloadable CD. It's poor man's XP SP3, but even when SP3 is out, the project will continue to offer a CD that will install all patches offline. "When was the last time you installed a fresh copy of Windows XP SP2? The process is still straightforward and relatively quick... but then you think 'I'll just make sure the patches are up to date,' and proceed to stare in horror at the 100+ security updates and critical fixes that Windows Update or WSUS demands you install. And it takes forever. A better option which we've just discovered is the innovative work of Alek Patsouris... it's a self-contained boot CD which contains all the necessary updates to automatically patch a Windows XP SP2 system with all the patches available at the CD's build time."

(link) [Slashdot]

07:34 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link

Saudis ban all things red for Valentine's Day

Doubtful if Islam will ever be known as the Religion of Love, at least not in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine's Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin, local media reported Monday.

(link) [CNN.com]

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