I’m in the middle of watching what apparently others had inflicted on them during the Superbowl (I’m a soccer guy - I watch real football): Microsoft’s Clearification campaign for Windows Vista (link courtesy of OS Weekly.)

If you read my blog yesterday, you noticed my entry about Microsoft's move to retire XP and effectively force Windows shops into a wasteful migration to Vista.

In a move that makes the phrase “having your finger on the pulse of your company” have a whole new meaning, Microsoft has developed a program that would allow them to spy on their own employees. when I say spy, I mean it - from keystrokes to heart rate, this program will monitor all aspects of the person seated at the computer station. I find that incredibly invasive and creepy.

You'll cry, you'll laugh... but only out of exasperation. This is a talkback on znet by some fool who is completely clueless. Obviously, the responding comments are funny... but it does make you despair, a little.

Windows Vista was hit by significantly fewer publicly disclosed security flaws in its first year than Windows XP and open source rivals in their first years, according to a report from Microsoft.

"Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the way a construction company executive, Wei Wenhua, was beaten to death by municipal law enforcement officers known as “chengguan” in Tianmen, in the province of Hubei, on 7 January when he used his mobile phone camera to film them in a violent clash with protesters..."

"Hear what Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates had to say during his last official visit to the UK before he 'retires' later this year. IT PRO attended the special event hosted by the Institute of Directors (IoD) and, after Gates had done his thing there was a Q&A session with the billionaire and industry figurehead." And also note how some of his answers match up rather nicely with F/OSS.