A very slow day for news so I found a misc. post more suitable for a few articles that are worth a look...

A new mass-mailing e-mail worm, which feigns a Microsoft.com origin, is spreading rapidly. Antivirus vendors say it can also spread via a local area network and can install "spyware" on a victim's PC. I've got quite a few of these myself today supposedly from "support@microsoft.com", just got installed Mailwasher right now, so far looks like a promising little program.

Ads Invade Videogames, savvy marketers are eyeing one of the last ad-free zones.

One-Way Opteron, anyone? here's a bit from the Inq: "AMD is touting this as a workstation chip, but you can be sure it will be tipping up in desktops around the world. This chip is available shortly, and Nvidia already has a chipset on the ground."

Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems.

Gateway on Monday introduced a recycling program aimed at corporations, offering to haul away old PCs, delete data from hard drives and give credit toward future hardware purchases.

Obviously not... ahh, imagine all the junk mail we usually get because of having a public address... that 'Mailwasher' program I mentioned is working great BTW, worth a try!
Freeware and no spyware