[Check out the Storage Sprawl podcast]Open source: Microsoft is expected to unveil a Web site today at LinuxWorld — yes, LinuxWorld — designed to help users find information about its Linux and open source interoperability efforts. “It’s going to be the interface to all of the open-source lab work Microsoft does, where a variety of people blog — including myself and others on my team,” says Bill Hilf, general manager of platform strategy for Microsoft. Dell’s CTO Kevin Kettler, meanwhile, says that virtualization and Linux, when taken together, can “open up opportunities for unique software applications and environments to reside on a single platform.” Columnists’ corner: The new breed of malware that has emerged for Internet Explorer might actually require wiping the OS of infected machines clean and starting over. Microsoft has even said that recovering from this new malware may be impossible, reports Oliver Rist in Microsoft to admins: Rootkit means rebuild. “You know, time and again, I’ve asked those Redmond folks to be upfront and honest, and now here’s one doing just that, and I’m still nauseated.” The malware may harm Vista, too. Test Center review: Elemental’s ESP 2.0 “is very dynamic, constantly providing IT with updated information on known and unknown hosts,” writes Keith Schultz. “Although ESP doesn’t control access to the wire, it does handle all other aspects of network traffic smoothly and gracefully. Elemental Security Platform 2.0 has just raised the bar a little higher.” The news beat: NetSuite 11.0 adds deeper support for Ajax, a new scripting language called SuiteScript, and comes in two vertical editions. Google and Earthlink move one step closer to providing Wi-Fi in San Francisco. And Microsoft says it will issue in May a beta of its forthcoming Speech Server 2007, with a focus on making it easier for developers to build speech applications. Technology Industry