Microsoft this week unveiled the ninth volume of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR). The semi-annual assessment of the state of computer and Internet security and overview of the threat landscape generally yields some valuable information. This particular edition of the Security Intelligence Report focuses its attention on the threat posed by botnets.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Apple rejected an iPhone/iPad app created by The Onion because it

Microsoft and its supporters have a long history of applying all kinds of FUD to any discussion of free and open source software. Whether it’s Linux or other free alternatives to Microsoft’s high-priced products, it seems no conversation can take place without the inevitable insinuations about higher total cost of ownership, lack of support, and [...]

Brett Favre better not have an iPhone. Apple has patented a new technology that could be used by parents to prevent their kids from sending sexually-explicit text messages. The new function could also help wives keep their cheating hubby’s in check and from sexting other women. The way it…