SophosLabs experts from Sophos’s global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned computer users of malware that is exploiting a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft software. Its pretty serious…

The W32/Cuebot-L and W32/Cuebot-M worms spread via AOL instant messenger, exploiting the vulnerability described in Microsoft’s MS06-040 security bulletin.

I really don’t think the recent Gartner and Chris P’s comments on the whole Vista delay is out of hand. Think for a second. MS is becoming a dinosaur and getting too huge to be effective. When you get that big, office politics grows to a grand scale and decisions take a longer time to sorted out. Well, I’ve said it. Microsoft is a Web 1.0 dinosaur…. I’ll keep my Win2k and Win XP for now.

McLaws says Vista Needs More Time and Scoble says McLaws is right on Windows Vista ship date. Pirillo has been saying this for several months now, and has been labeled a “nitpicking whiner” for his attacks on Windows Vista’s UI and UX. Welcome to the club, boys - I’m happy to no longer be standing out here alone.

Microsoft aims to steal as much thunder as possible from Sony with their Playstation 3 and lined up a lot of new gear for the Xbox 360 to get gamers attention.

Three new hardware devices are planned for it soon, including a wireless headset with microphone, a wireless steering wheel and a camera that not only can be used for video, but gesture recognition (now you really can throw a punch at your TV). A gesture-recognize video camera is actually a very cool idea. I’ve been to demos before that show off the ability of a game to respond to movement, whether it just be simple hand gestures via a worn glove or optical sensors that react to physical movement. Many of these have been bulky or obscenely expensive, however, and it’s encouraging to see this possibly being introduced to the home environment. If they can prove themselves just once, people will begin to accept them.

Microsoft Corporation releases More Xbox 360 Gadgets source

Windows Sysadmins take note ! Another round of patches has come up.

On Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software. In its monthly security bulletin, Microsoft also said two of the fixes are for vulnerabilities in some versions of its Office software that carry the highest “critical” rating. All of the patches are to fix weaknesses that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a person’s computer.

12 security fixes from Microsoft Corporation for Windows users source