VMware 3 in action: Not long ago, the InfoWorld Test Center had a chance to take a deep dive into the new VMWare Infrastructure 3. Analyst Paul Venezia deemed it excellent, but we have some good news for the healthy skeptics out there who subscribe to the mantra "Seeing is believing": We have a screencast, narrated by Paul, showing VMWare at work. Check out part one here. The rainbow-security connection: Securit VMware 3 in action: Not long ago, the InfoWorld Test Center had a chance to take a deep dive into the new VMWare Infrastructure 3. Analyst Paul Venezia deemed it excellent, but we have some good news for the healthy skeptics out there who subscribe to the mantra “Seeing is believing”: We have a screencast, narrated by Paul, showing VMWare at work. Check out part one here.The rainbow-security connection: Security Adviser Roger A. Grimes finds the treasured potential for stronger passwords at the end of the rainbow. Actually, make that within rainbow tables, which “contain hash values that represent a likely subset of all possible passwords the cracker wants to use.”New year, new patches: If one of your new year’s resolutions is to stay on top of patches, next Tuesday will give you an chance to get started: Microsoft will be releasing eight patches addressing flaws, some of which are critical, in its Windows, Office, and Visual Studio products. Technology Industry