IE7 And Microsoft Update Coming Soon to a PC Near You...

Gates Highlights Progress on Security, Outlines Next Steps for Continued Innovation

"...Gates announced Internet Explorer 7.0, designed to add new levels of security to Windows XP SP2 while maintaining the level of extensibility and compatibility that customers have come to expect. Internet Explorer 7.0 will also provide even stronger defenses against phishing, malicious software and spyware. The beta release is scheduled to be available this summer.

...To further simplify the update process, Gates announced that a beta version of Microsoft Update, a unified update service for consumers and small businesses that includes technologies such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server™ 2003, Office 2003 and Exchange Server 2003, is scheduled for release in mid-March. Microsoft Update will consolidate the latest security and reliability updates in one convenient location.

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Everyone in the MS blogsphere is alreay posting about IE7... but in the release there's a couple other nuggets.

The fact that the Microsoft Update will be available for Win2K is pretty cool. Also that the MS AntiSpyware will be free is nice. I've been running it since it came out and am pretty happy with it.

I do dislike that IE7 will only be for XP2 (I assume Win2K3 too?).