This article describes how you can run Windows XP images on Ubuntu Dapper if you have a processor supporting Virtualization Technology, the new hardware based VM acceleration technology from Intel. Despite being extremely new it seems stable and quite usable for testing or dev. Very cool technology.
A security researcher with expertise in rootkits has created a working prototype of new technology that is capable of creating malware that remains “100 percent undetectable,” even on Windows Vista x64 systems.
Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to run as a Microsoft Corp. program used to detect unlicensed versions of its operating system.
The malware has been classified as a worm and spreads through AOL LLC's Instant Messenger program.Sophos is calling it W32.Cuebot-K, a new variation in the Cuebot family of malware.
Here is another reason that I've decided to start using Linux more.
Microsoft was considering adding an update to Windows OS users around the world that would inventory their system and lock their it down it it was pirated. The patch would be called Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). If users refused the patch, they'd have thirty days to comply.
“While WGA doesn't seem nearly as bad as the Sony rootkit, Microsoft's slow response to complaints could create backlash against the company in the same way that Sony BMG faced a ton of backlash.”