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Matthew writes: In an effort to simplify patch management and reduce the number of security hotfixes to just one per day, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer has announced a new and simplified security updates mechanism for computers running Windows and office call the “Patch-A-Day” program.

“A Patch A Day Keeps the Hackers Away” is the slogan for this new campaign, whereby security hotfixes will be downloaded to computers every night between midnight and 8:00 a.m.

“Imagine waking up to a newly secured computer every morning, where the previous night’s vulnerabilities have been patched so that you don’t have to think about the process. During the night we will also scan and remove viruses, Trojans, and other malicious software such as unlicensed copies of Office and any open source software that might have found its way onto your computer. Windows users who elect not to participate in the program will not be able to connect to the Internet after December 31st of this year.”

Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring bankruptcy and scandal-plagued communications carrier MCI in an attempt to handle the extra bandwidth that the program will require. The acquisition will be handled as a 1:1000000 stock swap.