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ITworld.com Wrap-Up
March 20, 2008
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Top 10 Reasons Hackers use the Web for Attacks
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Blue Coat Systems outlines the top 10 reasons why hackers use the web to
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In this issue:

Even Apple will be hated one day
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104287/0/

Verizon Wireless wins huge block of 700MHz spectrum
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104288/0/

Microsoft acquires security company Komoku
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104289/0/

E-voting vendor's Web site hacked
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104290/0/

Deal to buy 3Com falls apart
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104291/0/

Reports: US to name head of new cybersecurity center
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104292/0/

Bugs found in Kerberos
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104293/0/

Adobe backtracks on Flash for iPhone
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104294/0/


OTHER RESOURCES
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Reputation-Based Email Security
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/102332/0/

2008 Internet Security Trends Report
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/102329/0/

Multi-layer Spam Defense Architectural Overview
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/101558/0/


OPINION
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Even Apple will be hated one day
Don Reisinger, ITworld.com

Apple and Google zealots may not like to hear that their beloved will be
hated one day like Microsoft, but it's true. In an industry where users
are fickle and power translates to evilness, no one is safe from the
wrath of anonymous haters that dislike anything that looks like an
empire.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104287/0/


IN THE NEWS
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Verizon Wireless wins huge block of 700MHz spectrum
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104288/0/
Verizon Wireless was one of the big winners in the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission's 700MHz spectrum auction, with the carrier
winning a large chunk of nationwide spectrum.

Microsoft acquires security company Komoku
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104289/0/
Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the
acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products,
announced on Thursday.

E-voting vendor's Web site hacked
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104290/0/
The Web site for a company whose e-voting machines have come under fire
from election officials in New Jersey was hacked Thursday morning,
according to an computer scientist who was asked to investigate
voting-machine discrepancies in the state's primary election

Deal to buy 3Com falls apart
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104291/0/
Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies have abandoned
their bid to buy U.S. networking firm 3Com because of security concerns
by the U.S. government, Bain said.

Qualcomm can't hold off injunction in Broadcom suit
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104295/0/
In the latest of many legal setbacks for Qualcomm, a federal court has
turned down the company's request to postpone an injunction against
sales of some of its mobile-phone chips.

Reports: US to name head of new cybersecurity center
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104292/0/
Tech entrepreneur and author Rod Beckstrom will be named to run a new
National Cyber Security Center at the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, according to news reports.

Bugs found in Kerberos
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104293/0/
The MIT developers of the Kerberos authentication system have released
patches for several serious security holes, which could allow remote
attackers to obtain sensitive information, shut down a system or execute
malicious code.

Adobe backtracks on Flash for iPhone
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104294/0/
Adobe has poured cold water on its previous claims it will bring Flash
support to the iPhone.

Software group files lawsuits against eight eBay sellers
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/104296/0/
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has filed eight
new lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers, alleging that they are
selling counterfeit products.


TOP STORIES
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The seven dirtiest jobs in IT
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/103938/0/

IT jobs "very sexy indeed" says Commissioner Reding
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/103035/0/

Unix Tip: Using bc for big calculations
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/102819/0/

Windows XP: The operating system that refuses to die
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/101543/0/

Wal-Mart removes Linux PC from store shelves
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/102625/0/


ITWHIRLED
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Ex-Polish PM insults Web surfers on party Website
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2975620/158421455/101019/0/
Jaroslaw Kaczynski's political party was recently ousted from power in
Poland and decided it needed to promote its Website to young,
Internet-savvy voters. Naturally, on the revamped site, Kaczynski
insults young, Internet-savvy voters. "I am not an enthusiast of a
young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and
pornography while sipping a bottle of beer and voting when he feels like
it," he's quoted as saying on the site, adding that Internet users are
"the easiest group to manipulate, to suggest who to vote for."


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POLL
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