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ITworld.com Wrap-Up
March 21, 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
attack including desktop and server vulnerabilities, the widespread
adoption of "always-on" broadband Internet access and more.

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In this issue:

Unix Tip: More on bc
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104270/0/

Sony charges $50 to remove laptop bloatware
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104470/0/

OpenOffice 3.0 promises to bash Office
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104471/0/

How to get Vista SP1
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104472/0/

X Prize Foundation offers $10M for 100 mpg, green automobile
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104473/0/

India rejects Office Open XML again
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104349/0/

Elitegroup announces Eee PC rival with HSDPA
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104351/0/

Meet the whiz kids: 10 overachievers under 21
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/85660/0/


OTHER RESOURCES
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Reputation-Based Email Security
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/102332/0/

2008 Internet Security Trends Report
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/102329/0/

Multi-layer Spam Defense Architectural Overview
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/101558/0/


TIP
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More on bc
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld

In a previous column, we looked at bc, the surprisingly high precision
and big value capable Unix tool that you will find on most versions of
Unix today. The bc utility is not just a command line tool, however. You
can also write numerically intensive scripts in bc. The tool
incorporates enough syntax to assign values to variables, write and call
functions, collect responses from users and print annotated results.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104270/0/


IN THE NEWS
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Sony charges $50 to remove laptop bloatware
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104470/0/
Sony is offering to remove some of the trial software it crams onto the
hard disks of new laptops -- for a fee.

OpenOffice 3.0 promises to bash Office
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104471/0/
Microsoft's Office suite could have plausible challenger on the desktop
for the first time since Lotus gave up trying to take on Redmond a
decade ago.

How to get Vista SP1
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104472/0/
The details of who gets SP1 now and how -- and who doesn't and why --
were pretty Byzantine, even for Windows. Microsoft recognized that, and
dedicated one of its longer Vista blog posts to the topic.

X Prize Foundation offers $10M for 100 mpg, green automobile
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104473/0/
An insurance company and a non-profit group Thursday announced plans to
give away $10 million to the team that designs, builds and brings to
market the most viable and efficient vehicle that can get 100 miles per
gallon.

India rejects Office Open XML again
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104349/0/
A technical committee in India has rejected Microsoft's Office Open XML
file format as a standard.

Elitegroup announces Eee PC rival with HSDPA
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104351/0/
Taiwan's Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has revealed plans to launch
a low-cost laptop to compete against Asustek's Eee PC, but which uses 3G
(third-generation mobile telecommunications) networks to keep users
connected wirelessly.

Wireless auction yields mixed results for consumers
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104352/0/
The completion of the 700MHz wireless spectrum auction on Thursday
should bring more choice and new types of services for end users,
although the results were not as rosy as some observers had hoped for.

Security chief quits OLPC amid restructuring
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/104350/0/
A drastic internal restructuring underway at the One Laptop Per Child
Project has caused a director of security to resign from the nonprofit
effort.


TOP STORIES
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The seven dirtiest jobs in IT
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/103938/0/

IT jobs "very sexy indeed" says Commissioner Reding
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/103035/0/

Unix Tip: Using bc for big calculations
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/102819/0/

Windows XP: The operating system that refuses to die
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/101543/0/

Wal-Mart removes Linux PC from store shelves
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/102625/0/


ITWHIRLED
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Meet the whiz kids: 10 overachievers under 21
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2984843/158421455/85660/0/
Mark Zuckerberg, watch your back. Sergey and Larry? Consider early
retirement. The next generation is coming up fast, and they aren't
waiting for you Web 2.0 geezers to step aside. Here are 10 serious
overachievers -- 20 years old or younger -- with more ambition, energy,
tech smarts, and business savvy than you'll find in most companies, let
alone individual adults.


Subscribe to the ITwhirled alert - weird tech news direct to your inbox.
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POLL
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If you hadn't chosen a career in IT, what would you be doing now?
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- Videogame tester
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- Circus performer
- Musician
- Audio/video salesperson
- Bartender

Vote now!
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This whitepaper, written by Hurwitz & Associates Partner Robin Bloor,
discusses how viruses, trojans, and other forms of malware persist only
because anti-virus, the main defense against them, is terribly flawed.
But now a far more effective technique is proliferating. Instead of
trying to recognize malicious software, application whitelists focus on
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