I know a large number of people have been holding out on upgrading to Vista until the first Service Pack is released, and that time might be coming before year’s end. According to unnamed sources that Mary Jo Foley has, a Beta version of Vista SP1 will be available mid-month...which is actually next week.

The latest version of Windows Live Messenger has been leaked.  Version 8.5 was leaked by Messenger Addictos, a site dedicated to covering Windows Live Messenger.  As the name suggests, the site is in Spanish, and the version that was leaked is also in Spanish. If you want to give it a try there is a way to get it in English.