App dev: I’ll let Martin Heller deliver both sides of his news about the first service pack for Visual Studio 2005 since he is, after all, the one who made it through the install process. But I will say that installation is not the only thing that takes a long time. Visual Studio 2005 SP1: Good news, bad news. Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in this interview discusses Microsoft’s intents for hardware, the future of product distribution, and some of the lessons he has learned as a technology visionary.The news beat: As Macworld kicks off, the buzz this year has the word business inside. Apple, some rumor sites are speculating, might launch iWorks ’07, a suite of applications that serve as an alternative to Microsoft Office. The Wi-Fi Alliance is slated to announce today its WPS, as in Wi-Fi Protected Setup, a specification for making it easier to secure wireless LANs. And Microsoft eliminates four of the eight planned security fixes it will issue tomorrow. Technology Industry