Open Gates

Bill Gates gives a revealing interview over at ABC News, making perhaps his strongest admission so far that Microsoft cocked up big-time on security - as opposed to just saying security's, like, rilly important to us, as he usually does.

"A few years ago, people were being tough on us (about security) and I think there was a lot of validity to that."

He also puts to the sword the myth that he uses an iPod, saying he loves his Creative Zen (er, why?) but can't resist bigging himself and MS up more than once, while ignoring questions about Microsoft's failures.

"My success is creating great software."

Er, yes. Modesty was never his strong point.

Finally, if you're an Xbox owner, Microsoft has identified a problem with the power cord on versions of the games console sold before January 2004. Apparently, some poor saps have endured minor burns with the old cord.

Head over to the Xbox replacement site to order a free new cable.