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Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday. A 63-year-old man in Suffolk, a 28-year-old man in Scotland, and a 19-year-old man in Finland were arrested in connection with "an international conspiracy to infect computers using viruses attached to unsolicited commercial email," a representative for the Metropolitan Police said.

Two Windows Genuine Advantage components are being pushed onto users’ machines with insufficient notification and inadequate quality control, and the result is a big mess. Guess what? WGA might be on the verge of getting even messier. In fact, one report claims WGA is about to become a Windows "kill switch"–and when asked, Microsoft refused to deny it.

Microsoft has acquired iView Multimedia, the founder of the British photo cataloging software company said on its Web site. The information on iView’s site did not include any terms of the deal. Microsoft said in a statement that it bought iView "because of its great product offerings that deliver unparalleled digital asset management and cataloging solutions for customers."

Microsoft released a new version of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications on Tuesday and detailed how to remove the controversial antipiracy software. The updated WGA Notifications package includes changes that respond to criticism Microsoft has faced over the software, the company said. It no longer checks in with Microsoft after each restart, for example.

RedHat, Suse, Ubuntu and other Linux distribution users can now run Windows applications seamlessly on their desktop with 2X ApplicationServer’s Linux client. Until now, Linux users could only run Windows applications using Windows simulation software (e.g. WINE). This type of software is typically difficult to configure and only works with a limited number of applications. In addition, this generally would only support older versions. With 2X ApplicationServer however, any Windows application can be tunneled via RDP onto a Linux desktop.

The European Union’s top antitrust regulator is set to issue a formal ruling finding software giant Microsoft guilty of breaking EU competition rules, the Financial Times reported. The paper said Microsoft could face fines of up to 2 million euros ($2.51 million) a day.

Microsoft is expected to officially launch a community-building Web site where it will share code with developers. The CodePlex site will be a venue for Microsoft to provide programmers with tools available under its Shared Source licenses. These licenses allow people to view the source code of products, the software giant said.

Microsoft has decided to initially use technology from its WinFS project in the SQL Server database, rather than Windows. Quentin Clark, who runs the WinFS program management team, disclosed the company’s plans in a blog posting on Friday. He said that the next version of SQL Server, code-named Katmai, will incorporate features from WinFS to store unstructured data and automate administration.

IBM later this summer plans to release an overhauled version of its Sametime instant-messaging software that’s designed to integrate closely with Microsoft Office applications. Sametime 7.5, which will be available in about two months, will allow people to use instant-messaging features without having to leave Office applications.