MS06-001, a.k.a. "Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919)" has just been released, which means the following: if you're running MS Windows, patch your computer now by clicking this link and following the instructions.

Paul Thurrott has just written a piece on Office 12, check it out here. Personally, I think the hype about the Office 12 ribbon will die quite soon after Office 12 is released, when people realise two things: 1) it's not worth anybody's time to be scared of because 2) you'll realise it will save you lots of time. And there's a lot under the hood of Office 12, check my old, lengthy post about Office 12 about more on this, plus another one on the new file formats and XML stuff, and there's even more from this search for it.