Speculation and reports are abound that Microsoft has plans to release the third and final service pack of Windows XP in the second half of April 2008. Currently in Release Candidate 2 stage, the first beta version of SP3 was available last December. There are an estimated 1,073 fixes to come, including some features backported from Windows Vista. A few weeks ago the newest build was leaked to sites such as The Pirate Bay. Microsoft has warned that “this build was not intended for public release,” and “bits may have been modified with malware or other bad code that Microsoft hasn’t tested.” On another note, some are asking whether Microsoft is purposely delaying the release of SP3 while it hypes up Vista SP1.