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Security people can talk until they're blue in the face about the dangers of unsecured Windows PCs and how they can be used in botnets. Does anyone listen?

Well, it sure doesn't seem like it some days. Perhaps this Botnet map from CSO will help get the message across.

Apple may be the darling of the hipper-than-thou crowd, but when it comes to climate change, it has one of the worse environmental records of any tech company, according to a new survey. Microsoft beats it by a considerable margin, and IBM is best of all the techs. I have all the results in my blog.

A SaaS supplier wants corporate IT to deploy their apps as a service to company users.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which the Internet Archive/EFF/ACLU declare victory over the FBI's super-secret, Patriot-Act-style request for information. Not to mention what it would be like if Facebook was played out in real life...

Jaikumar Vijayan reports:

If the rumors are true, and Microsoft is indeed considering buying Facebook, Google can start the celebration now. Buying Facebook would hurt, not help Microsoft's battle with its online rival, and end up being billions of dollars badly spent.

I am, shall we say, more than a little cynical, even by my standards, when it comes to wireless networking. For example, I really, really have doubts about the wisdom of moving up to 802.11n. That said, I think the monster Mobile WiMax deal, which was announced today, may actually go places.

Analyzing data from online and your network may be a little easier because of a new browser. Yes, a browser.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which we ponder the fate of Jerry Yang's career -- will he be first against the wall when the shareholders revolt? Or are negotiations between Yahoo! and Microsoft still going on in secret? Not to mention ten drool-worthy luxury workstations...

Elizabeth Montalbano reports:

As my friend Ryan Naraine, soon to be security evangelist for anti-malware company Kaspersky Labs, recently observed, "This list of 0days is always a source of content for me." The list in question is the Zero Day Initiative's list of vulnerabilities.

The first legal home PCs just went up for sale in Cuba, and it should be no surprise that they're Windows XP-based, not Macs. Macs or Mac-alikes would be far too pricy for cash-starved Cubans, who pay just under $800 for the machines. No Vista, either: The hardware required to run it costs too much money.

Another PCI compliance deadline looms. Is your Web app ready for it?

At first I thought it was just me. I'd open up my e-mail inbox in the morning to find over a hundred messages telling me that people at OhMyGoshAndGoodness.com or NowWhatWasThatAllAbout.com didn't need my spam. Spam? Me? I don't think so!

Back in March, Apple began tricking Windows users into downloading Safari via a method that Mozilla CEO John Lilly said "borders on malware distribution practices." Malware or not, the scheme paid off for Apple, tripling the use of Safari on Windows in a single month.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which we examine the fallout from Microsoft giving up on its bid to buy Yahoo! Does this mean Ballmer must go? Will it drive Yahoo into the arms of Google? What will Microsoft do with its bulging war chest? Not to mention the perils of the company picnic...

In case you've been living under a rock, Juan Carlos Perez reports:

In the business textbooks of 2025, Microsoft's slow collapse will be attributed to many things. The failure of Windows Vista to hold the desktop market; Microsoft's inability to successfully move from a PC product based company to an Internet service based enterprise; and Ballmer's inability to pull off the Yahoo buyout.