Today Microsoft announced that it has acquired Winternals Software, maker of data recovery and protections software, as well as free Windows utility site Sysinternals. The acquisition will include Mark Russinovich, Winternals and Sysinternals founder, who will come to Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft's title for "someone whose technical vision, expertise, and world-class leadership is widely recognized." The Winternals web site has a short FAQ about the acquisition, which says Microsoft will be integrating Winternals' technologies into its products, and Russinovich has made a post to his Sysinternals blog which says Sysinternals "will remain for the time being while Microsoft determines the best way to integrate it into its own community efforts, and the tools will continue to be free to download."