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Spam plummets after hosting service shuttered

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This is never more true than it is for security, where the traditional brute-force methods that were invented 30 years ago need help securing use of the Internet.http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fcwflyris%2Ecomputerworld%2Ecom%2Ft%2F3880583%2F132809443%2F150802%2F2%2FFormer inmate hacks prison networkAccording to an FBI press release, a former inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts allegedly managed to hack into the prison network and get access to a prison employee report that listed personal data on over 1,100 prisoner employees.http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fcwflyris%2Ecomputerworld%2Ecom%2Ft%2F3880583%2F132809443%2F150154%2F2%2FVOTE FOR CW AT REDDIT_________Join CW at reddit to weigh in on the day's IT news, including top security headlines, with your comments and votes.http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fitnews%2Ereddit%2EcomSHARK BAIT OF THE DAY_________The Endian WarThis is something I'm struggling through -- and of course I got thrown in right at the end, and of course I have to fix it. 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Inside: Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements___________________________________________________________ Computerworld Application/Web Development November 13, 2008___________________________________________________________Is your IT department great place to work? Our 16th annual "Best Places to Work in IT" special report and listing will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment. Nominate a company today thru Dec. 31st: https://www.computerworld.com/BPnom09N***************SPONSOR**************************************Microsoft Virtualization. Register for the launch event near you.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/148461/0/************************************************************In this issue:* Pentagon picks application life-cycle management tool for 10,000 users* Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements* Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 features* RapidMind, JetBrains boost developer wares* Managing far-flung developers, open-source-style* Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal Trouble* Salesforce.com and Google execs blast Oracle, SAP, Microsoft* Enterprise architecture: Lessons from the carving board* Facebook CEO doesn't lose sleep over company's $15B valuation* Microsoft touts openness to open sourceComputerworld Blogs:* Why Microsoft is running scared of Linux* Predictions, anyone?* Wi-Fi Linux network bug found, fixed* Can Obama reverse job offshoring? 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Leave comments, build yourprofile, or try to become one of the big fish.Get started at http://sharkbait.computerworld.comOTHER RESOURCES_______________White paper: Maturing Technology Brings Balance and Possibilitieshttp://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/138525/0/_________________________________________________________Pentagon picks application life-cycle management tool for 10,000 usersThe Department of Defense has selected CollabNet's SourceForge service to help manage the array of software projects under way.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151054/2/Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancementsVisual Studio 2010 will be getting a new editor based on Windows Presentation Foundation technology, one of several announcements at Microsoft's TechEd conference.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151055/2/Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 featuresA programmer has released a tool that unlocks several still-unfinished features of Windows 7 that Microsoft hid from users who got an alpha build of the operating system at two recent developer conferences.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151056/2/RapidMind, JetBrains boost developer waresRapidMind and JetBrains are, respectively, boosting products for parallel programming and Java, with RapidMind adding standards support and JetBrains emphasizing SQL capabilities.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151057/2/Managing far-flung developers, open-source-styleEnterprises that are outsourcing their software development could stand to learn some management and process techniques from the open-source community.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151058/2/***************SPONSOR**************************************Date Centre Transitions: UNIX to LinuxRed Hat open source solutions provide the flexibility and value that the modern CIO needs to transform today's business into tomorrow's successful enterprise. Read how Linux(R) overcame the initial challenges of the industry, and what triggers so many companies to migrate legacy UNIX systems to the open source stack.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151059/0/************************************************************Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal TroubleHow we miss the quaint times when text was just a quick way to chat with buddies. Today, these fleeting missives, now integral to so many work lives, amount to a multimillion-dollar corporate risk. Organizations sit largely unprepared while text messages replace e-mail as the digital smoking gun.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151060/2/Salesforce.com and Google execs blast Oracle, SAP, MicrosoftSalesforce.com and Google executives had fighting words for rivals Oracle, SAP and Microsoft, saying those vendors are late to the Web-hosted software party and will pay the price for it.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151061/2/Enterprise architecture: Lessons from the carving boardWhen is enterprise architecture like carving poultry into parts? 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AMD to make netbook chips; Microsoft 'silk road' search; Apple search engine? | ZDNet Must-Read News Alerts

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