Service packs are exclusive features produced by Microsoft, which support the Windows operating system run by Microsoft. They basically determine the usability of OS interface. So far, 3 service packs have been released by Microsoft. The first service pack – SP1, was released in the year 2002, 2 years after the Windows XP was released. The major utility of USB ports came into configuration with the production of SP1. SP1 included unique features of .NET Frames and compatible updates of all the drive applications.

In the same line, after two years, SP2 was released with more advanced techniques and features.  SP2 offered special firewall protection and Wi-Fi connection features with Windows XP.  The additional features included Bluetooth installation, pop up blockers for IE6 and improved encryption as well as coding.  Windows XP home edition and Windows XP professional were hugely supported by SP2. SP2 provided more security to Windows operating systems.

SP3 is the latest service pack offered by Microsoft. It was released on 21 April, 2008. Right now it’s available only in US and Canada, officially, from a Microsoft download center. This version of service pack supports only 32-bit system and will be launched worldwide in few months. SP3 can be installed from IE6 or IE7 versions on any system.

Graphic computing without a GPU? Seems an absurd point. But this what Intel have in their agenda. Intel is planning to go for graphic processing without a GPU. Nvidia and ATI now are in a great trouble since they are leading graphics card makers. Intel will now design a CPU, which do all the graphics controlling. Named as’ RAY Tracing’, this new technique will replace the rectangular grid of raster graphics.

Graphic Processing unit or GPU is a card, which enables advanced PC gaming techniques and other creative applications. Intel doesn’t have its own GPU but it heavily relies on the GPUs produced by Nvidia or ATI produced by Micro Devices, archrival of Intel. However analysts feel that this will degrade the other tasks rendered by a normal CPU since a separate graphic card works well with ray tracing techniques without affecting PC utilities.

The aim here is of high quality visualization, which seems unachievable by CPU makers in the current period. Although it can improve the visual interface, it can harm other functionalities of CPUs drastically. But Intel is all tension free. They have full confidence that these flaws would soon be sorted out and they would be able to produce a high quality CPU without graphic computing.

World’s number 1 PC providers HP have launched their newest touch-screen PCs and notebooks for their consumers. Designed especially for business purposes, this new range of touch-screen PCs is surely going to give a tough competition to Apple’s iPhones series. This new launch has been named “Connecting your world”. A day after the launch of Apple ‘iPhone, HP introduced their touch-screen with a much fan-fare. Hardwarezone.com became the first site which presented HP’s new model in the world of consumer markets.

This new model has got a load of features to boast about. Advanced web interface set up, touchsmart UI customization, exclusive music with upgraded playlist set up, inbuilt Wi-Fi connection and high resolution are some noteworthy features. It supports 4 GB of memory, Windows Vista Home Premium and NVidia Graphics card 9300 M GS. You can easily expand its hard drive to 750 GB.

Also, HP launched new notebooks with upgraded versions of their already existing brand of Pavilion Entertainment, Compaq Presarios and EliteBook. HP is the leading notebook maker in the world of computers, in terms of shipping features as well technical advancements. Integrated dual core mobile processors with Intel Centrino2 give all the flexibilities required by management and business personnel.

Windows Experience – Are you familiar with this term? Yes, you are pretty much familiar but with another name, Windows XP. Windows XP is the short or common name for operating system Windows Experience. If you ask people in your neighborhood or in your friend circle, you will hardly find people knowing the full name of Windows XP. But what’s in a name? Our experience of Windows XP will be coming to an end this July. Microsoft will soon be stopping the production of widely used OS Windows XP and it will solely be concentrating on the performance of its OS Vista.

Started in two different formats, Windows XP home edition and Windows XP professional, Windows XP. Both versions were widely sold through retail outlets. Windows XP Media centre was the third version launched by Microsoft. All the versions produced by Microsoft became hugely popular. But it’s really sad that it’s being dumped under buggy Vista (vista home premium is also a good OS though).

Microsoft always kept on experimenting with all the versions of Windows XP. This made Microsoft to always produce improved edition of XP version. But now, Microsoft will give complete attention to Vista Home Premium, the way it once did for XP before the production of Vista.