According to today’s SMH (“Microsoft wants to worm its way into your PC“, 15 Feb. 2008), Microsoft is currently investigating ways to take even greater control away from PC users with the introduction of so-called “friendly” worms that distribute software patches “surreptitiously”:
“Like the malicious worms that spread from computer to computer by self-replicating and automatically seeking out new computers to infect, the friendly worms will be used to distribute updates to users without forcing them to download anything from a central server.”
This is yet another reason why I don’t trust …

Via Drupal.org (“Drupal 6.0 release” 13 February 2008),
“After one year of development we are ready to release Drupal 6.0 to the world. Thanks to the tireless work of the Drupal community, over 1,600 issues have been resolved during the Drupal 6.0 release cycle. These changes are evident in Drupal 6’s major usability improvements, security and maintainability advancements, friendlier installer, and expanded development framework. Further, from bug fix to feature request, these issues follow-through on the Drupal project’s continued commitment to deliver flexibility and power to themers and developers.”
On the quick …