Microsoft bungles antipiracy tool update. History once again resembles itself as the software giant distributes Office Genuine Advantage Notifications too widely and ranks it as “critical,” only to catch heat akin to the trouble it found after a similar slip with Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications two years ago. Related Gripe Line: A Genuine Microsoft mistake.Vodafone vows to go green and to cut CO2 50 percent by 2020; the mobile operator also details plans to help customers soften their impact on the environment.Apple files a patent that foreshadows what might be its intentions for a Second Life-like store that would transform shopping at the online Apple Store or iTunes into a more immersive virtual experience. Motorola, meanwhile, invests in mobile virtualization company VirtualLogix, with an eye toward improving security on handhelds by protecting phone functions from applications users download. And Ubuntu takes on the enterprise server market with a new OS, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition, which brings virtualization, performance improvements, and certification for an assortment of hardware from Sun Microsystems. Software Development