A follow on to this post here. The Ultimate Extras team have put up an update on what's going on. We intend to ship Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs by the end of the summer. We will not ship the last two Extras showcased in Jan… more »

Long Zheng did up a recent post on his blog covering Ultimate Extras, or lack of. This was a concern for many people going back to when it was announced, will Microsoft get bored and turn its efforts on something else. It's been pretty quiet for the la… more »

For those who have had a play around with the preview of DreamScene, an Ultimate Extra you may be wondering how to enable sound. You can do this by using the Sound Mixer, an often overlooked feature, just unmute DreamScene. more »

Microsoft have posted up a pre-release version of Windows DreamScene, check for new updates for it to show up in Windows Update if you need to. It ships with one video the aurora style one, based off the default wallpaper. more »

Earlier this week at the CES Microsoft announced some of their Ultimate Extras, this is a feature in the Ultimate Edition of Vista which periodically pulls down new applications as Microsoft release them. They announced three for launch on the 30th of J… more »