Update: Microsoft readies Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta; New security features included [ InfoWorld ] - Microsoft Corp. is gearing up for the first beta test of a set of updates for Windows XP designed to bolster the operating system’s security and add features such as support for version 1.1 of Bluetooth and a new wireless LAN client. The beta of Windows XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, will be made available via Microsoft’s Developer Network to several hundred thousand testers before the end of the year, Matt Pilla, senior product manager for Windows at Microsoft said Thursday. Targeted testers are software developers and IT professionals, he said. Gotta love MSDN! Additional resources Last updated on 2003-12-12