> AFAIK VMware is the only virtualiser that handles USB.
>

Nope, check out VirtualBox from Sun Microsystems.

http://www.virtualbox.org/

The free open source edition does not do USB but the personal edition
(closed source, personal use only or buy a commercial license) does. I
have used the personal edition quite successfully for USB guest OS
support under Gentoo and Ubuntu linux, but never for Pickit or ICD. I
can't imagine why it wouldn't work though.
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