I'm not one to browse the “regular” pages of the Microsoft site, but I happened to go to the Windows XP home page just to see if there's anything new I'm not aware of yet. Luckily I did! I see that Microsoft has launched “Microsoft Update”... which was talked about at DevDays, for those who didn't attend.

This is basically the replacement to “Windows Update” and “Office Update”. It provides a full software update service for all Microsoft products installed on your PC (well, most of them I think). This is sooooo much better than having to go to a number of different places to get your software fix (and I mean that in the addiction sense of the word, not the mending sense).

Well done, guys! This is something I've been waiting for - and I'm sure it'll make our lives a lot easier!

Go download the new “Microsoft Update” update (ha ha) here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/microsoftupdate/default.mspx