If your system gets infiltrated by a rootkit, you might as
well just “waste the system entirely,” a Microsoft official told
fellow security professionals last week

From: Information Security News: Microsoft exec warns of rootkits

This is quite a funny statement, but the point is very serious, if you have been “root’d“, the only way to recover is from a trusted source

Cisco and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Real-Time Business Communications: Open standards, SIP-based enterprise solutions enable effective communications.

For years, people have said, this year, the next best thing will be VOIP ! Hummm, with these too big players taking an interest may be 2006 will be year of the VOIP !