Well, I have another one of those stories that we see posted every few days. It appears that after my long, frustrating Microsoft experience, I’m left with no other option than to pay them more money to use their services.

I manage an IT department for a non-profit organization. I use Microsoft Windows Mobile devices. I own 2 desktop computers and 2 laptops, all of which I’ve upgraded to Vista, then on the Windows 7. I have been a loyal XBOX 360 fan for 4 years. I’ve purchased countless titles, spent over $200 in XBOX Live subscriptions and have spent a substantial amount on accessories (headsets, extra controllers, larger capacity hard-drives, etc). I’ve proven my loyalty to Microsoft.

Recently, Microsoft was ordered to stop all Microsoft Word production and shipping due to copyright infringement having to do with an embedded feature that allows a user to create XML documents.

Friday, Microsoft filed an Emergency Motion asking the court to stop the ban and allow immediate release of the software. As the documents were sealed, further details are unavailable.

A new worm has been found to affect 20Million + computers so far. It is set to execute on April 1, but nobody knows what it’s going to do yet. It blocks access to major anti-virus and system update sites. To determiner if you are affected. Try accessing www.mcafee.com/. If you are unable to access that site, make sure you can access other sites.

If McAfee seem’s to be the only one you can’t access, you may be affected. This is not an April Fools Joke. For further information or removal of the Conficker worm, the US Government has released an alert with details as follows:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html.