2010 tech career outlook http://bit.ly/4LjqDF

2010: The year of the Mac? http://bit.ly/7kWabG

2009's key Windows and PC trends http://bit.ly/6g4U1B

IBM Backs an OS for the 'Private Cloud' http://bit.ly/8TMkV7 (via @philipgallo)

The top underreported tech stories of 2009 http://bit.ly/7N4zK9

The gifts you didn't get: The best tech toys and books can still be yours http://bit.ly/7AFOCt

Has Microsoft redeemed itself? http://bit.ly/8f7GEM

Oracle sued over UI tech in Fusion Applications http://bit.ly/7o4TgQ

Microsoft yanks Custom XML from Word, offers patch to OEMs http://bit.ly/82rGg5

Software development's winners and losers, 2009 edition http://bit.ly/4wDXtX

Obama taps Schmidt as White House cybersecurity coordinator http://bit.ly/7dIywB

Five big questions about cloud computing http://bit.ly/7EELDI

Red Hat will drop Itanium support in Enterprise Linux 6 http://bit.ly/4HCXhN

Proof of the coming mobile revolution http://bit.ly/5pOYDy

2009 marked another bad year for IT security http://bit.ly/8KyCBX

Android device dashboard reveals platform installation data http://bit.ly/7cxVep

IT departments may have cut staff levels too deeply http://bit.ly/6Ux2Ae

2009 software development predictions put to the test http://bit.ly/7TgpNz

Video: 2009 year in review: Top quotes http://bit.ly/4U09ii

EU accepts Microsoft deal on browser choice, ends antitrust probe http://bit.ly/51P1Ok

InfoWorld review: Desktop virtualization for Windows and Linux heats up http://bit.ly/6FgXN9

WSO2 offers business activity monitoring and Gadget Server portal http://bit.ly/5xUvMe

10 wacky USB devices http://bit.ly/7CXdNd

ERP vendor Nexedi offers to take over MySQL http://bit.ly/6Wd2f2

Get your Google Nexus phones while they're hot http://bit.ly/6j6Wd9

Picture of Google's experimental Android phone appears on Twitter http://bit.ly/8234mw

Adobe Flash's security woes: How to protect yourself http://bit.ly/4U2ghD

More than 50 Android phones to ship in 2010 http://bit.ly/7FUvdU

Is Apple relaxing App Store rejections in certain cases? http://bit.ly/6AtqJn

AT&T: Strictly for losers http://bit.ly/71AgT4

Toppling the regulatory Tower of Babel http://bit.ly/8KcaOP

Sun offers enterprise Java technologies but silence on Oracle http://bit.ly/6T0IxA

Microsoft knew of just-patched IE zero-day for months http://bit.ly/8mMier

AT&T's Net neutrality doublethink http://bit.ly/77UmbG

SAP plans to open up on-demand development platform http://bit.ly/5Tu34g

Safari browser edges Chrome, comes out on top in Mac speed trials http://bit.ly/4PfVSt

InfoWorld review: Dell's virtualization servers surge ahead http://bit.ly/7YlVKh

JetBrains ships IntelliJ Idea Java IDE upgrade http://bit.ly/5syUMz

CrunchPad, take two: Meet JooJoo http://bit.ly/705caz

AmberPoint offers apps governance http://bit.ly/5BtHlR

First look: Amazon RDS gives you a MySQL server in the cloud http://bit.ly/7SgPQR

SAP takes on Oracle in performance management space http://bit.ly/6H8slX

Sun to shed light on latest Java technologies http://bit.ly/570RHA

2010 as predicted by IDC http://bit.ly/7qez2g

Novell to extend identity management to cloud, virtualized apps http://bit.ly/4D5VZA

Building the Google smartbook dream machine http://bit.ly/5nA8Lr

Microsoft and Yahoo finalize search deal http://bit.ly/6G0joW

MySQL use predicted to drop under Oracle ownership http://bit.ly/4Jd0X4

Wireless networking hidden in Windows 7 Starter http://bit.ly/4XhZZG

Webmail services should help protect against scams http://bit.ly/73xtiT

JetBrains upgrades TeamCity with cloud capabilities http://bit.ly/5H9PW5

AT&T, Verizon pull dueling 3G lawsuits, with AT&T the loser http://bit.ly/8sWawo

If Oracle and Sun merge, customer negotiations could get tricky http://bit.ly/8hU2ry

Microsoft denies blame for 'black screens of death' http://bit.ly/791bMt

Nehalem tower servers: Dell, Fujitsu, HP square off http://bit.ly/5jbSH3

Record declines in XP, Vista offset by Windows 7 gains http://bit.ly/6eFR8V

What if Oracle's buyout of Sun falls through? http://bit.ly/7XUd8g

Can Google really hack it in business? http://bit.ly/5h5PyE

The InfoWorld news quiz: Nov. 27, 2009 http://bit.ly/6HaUJz

The biggest tech turkeys of 2009 http://bit.ly/5WJHVM

InfoWorld's 2009 geek gadget gift guide http://bit.ly/8ZcHBp

First look: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta http://bit.ly/5M6Q7L

New guide explains ins and outs of server virtualization http://bit.ly/4N4m6w

Check out my latest post "Remote Access: Should I allow it?" http://bit.ly/7FbAOc

The top 100 IT projects of 2009 http://bit.ly/6xKCRG

Top nine inkjet multifunction printers http://bit.ly/65zvNv

Check out my latest post, "Are you monitoring your exchange database": http://bit.ly/6M7J4t

iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code http://bit.ly/7O1nOn

Welcome to the Golden Age of Vaporware http://bit.ly/3N09rq

Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time http://bit.ly/4kNsl5

Google's Chrome OS: A Web appliance, not a PC http://bit.ly/4xqnfj

Google's Chrome OS: An appliance, not a PC http://bit.ly/AStCr

Making money from open source: Still an issue http://bit.ly/3uWvdu

Google gives first official glimpse at Chrome OS http://bit.ly/4qxa4Q

Java: What does its future hold? http://bit.ly/3AibOr

IE9 will close performance gap, Microsoft says http://bit.ly/35aeT2

Microsoft shows off Silverlight 4's feature list at PDC http://bit.ly/2wjvix

Salesforce leaps into social networking http://bit.ly/2CNCHE

Google gPhone expected in 2010, reports say http://bit.ly/23L1EE

Top 10 Windows tools for IT pros http://bit.ly/2x4Ef

Microsoft to open up compilers for Visual Basic, C# http://bit.ly/3SJRiB

Microsoft sets Windows Azure production date http://bit.ly/3cT7Sz

Why I hate Microsoft Office 2010 http://bit.ly/1lomFP

Microsoft open sources .Net Micro development framework http://bit.ly/1CgMLc

Will Apple force you to watch ads? http://bit.ly/1Hh5ly

Emerging Enterprise Tech: the also-rans http://bit.ly/20IU1h

WSO2 extending SOA into cloud computing http://bit.ly/1MgY72

Cisco bets big on collaboration http://bit.ly/2qyHLc

Your data is safer in the cloud than you think http://bit.ly/3nHkAD

Microsoft developer technologies take center stage at PDC http://bit.ly/3Zh97v

Beware 'frighteningly bad' Flash flaw, say researchers http://bit.ly/1oySoM

Intel pays AMD $1.25B to settle antitrust, IP cases http://bit.ly/2wuF0h

Ultimate mobile deathmatch: iPhone vs. BlackBerry vs. Droid vs. Pre http://bit.ly/Q9wZt

HP acquires networking vendor 3Com http://bit.ly/2eqQr3

Windows 7 tricks: 20 top tips and tweaks http://bit.ly/3ii1AT

Are enterprises saving $26 million per project with open source? Not exactly. http://bit.ly/44Pe52

Hyper-V: To VMM or not to VMM, that is the question http://bit.ly/1D35jn

Google goes forward with Go language http://bit.ly/4F3XGq

Users call Oracle's new support portal a 'fiasco' http://bit.ly/41U3Aq

EU rebuffs Oracle's criticism of Sun merger investigation http://bit.ly/2Bl6gL

InfoWorld review: Cisco UCS wows http://bit.ly/znqbf

Microsoft brings Silverlight to Facebook http://bit.ly/2hwCK8

We'll be doing our Monthly Tech Drawing from the Financial Management Concepts office http://bit.ly/2d2Heq this month!

Report: Apple readying smaller iPhone for Verizon http://bit.ly/JLTfO

Fox News takes on Google http://bit.ly/273cel

Check out MacHeist.com for cool free Mac stuff! http://bit.ly/18bNIr

Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers http://bit.ly/1EZTC8

Check out our article "How To Archive in Microsoft Outlook" posted yesterday: http://bit.ly/3anGyN

Crazy tech support stories http://bit.ly/2xjx8B

Who's in charge of Android development: Google or developers? http://bit.ly/4augFq

Is search a lost cause for Microsoft? http://bit.ly/1UJxLM

9 things we still hate about tech http://bit.ly/2TMaSW

IBM announces new beta services for cloud software development http://bit.ly/3NE2FG

Vendors scramble to fix serious bug in Net's security http://bit.ly/3OT5f8

Smartphone wars: Android vs. iPhone. Why business loses either way http://bit.ly/2zQNsl

T-Mobile plans on-bill Android application purchases http://bit.ly/2luxl3

Sybase widens the path to the enterprise for the iPhone http://bit.ly/4osllI

SQL Server 2008 R2 preview due this month http://bit.ly/1fiVmG

Want to get rich with iPhone apps? Only a very few do http://bit.ly/36u3ug

Want a Droid for work e-mail? It'll cost you extra http://bit.ly/1dw9GG

10 essential Windows 7 downloads http://bit.ly/XOrTa

IT snake oil: Six tech cure-alls that went bunk http://bit.ly/3Nqday

Why can't we do anything about spam? http://bit.ly/1ypsIT

Win the security numbers game http://bit.ly/2n17P6

Checkmarx touts innovation in secure coding http://bit.ly/4bL9cn

VMware Fusion 3 and Workstation 7 licensing problems no trick or treat http://bit.ly/1KdtYE

Android 2.0: The iPhone killer at last? http://bit.ly/1Wi2tW

Apple to ink Verizon-iPhone deal next year, analyst says http://bit.ly/44BnFb

Google Apps scores $7.25M deal, with an assist from Microsoft http://bit.ly/6gv6X

ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier http://bit.ly/10Y3Cz

Google delivers Android 2.0 SDK http://bit.ly/41KRBT

Mainframe's future in datacenters in question http://bit.ly/3WMmTK

IBM tool adapts Web content for mobile, voice browsers http://bit.ly/1irxf1

Windows 7: Giving credit where credit is due http://bit.ly/448GUG

Salesforce-Adobe deal could boost Force.com profile http://bit.ly/1KE5T5

IBM showcases new analytics capabilities http://bit.ly/2exoGX

Windows 7 upgrade paralyzes some PCs with endless reboots http://bit.ly/c5xp1

PC vs. Mac deathmatch: Snow Leopard beats Windows 7 http://bit.ly/2u8cvX

Windows 7 install trick saves up to $100 http://bit.ly/3kGyQb

Update: Microsoft sales and earnings drop less than expected http://bit.ly/bAsAD

PHP frameworks square off http://bit.ly/4FlIJy

Don't trust a public PC with your digital identity http://bit.ly/11Jrm8

Ballmer headlines global Windows 7 launch events http://bit.ly/3Iq9G7

AT&T exec implies iPhone exclusivity in U.S. ending http://bit.ly/pFRX0

IBM revs up enterprise-class disk storage arrays http://bit.ly/3nqqSe

Was Windows 7 worth saving XP for? http://bit.ly/133NZw

PHP 6 to boost internationalization with Unicode http://bit.ly/24jz9S

Zetta opens its enterprise storage cloud to all http://bit.ly/2TZ2VE

Windows 7: The essential guide http://bit.ly/dWVgg

Sun to cut 3,000 jobs as Oracle awaits merger approval http://bit.ly/3ZBCIO

Richard Stallman joins call for Oracle to divest MySQL http://bit.ly/4CVDxd

Citrix bows to user pressure on XenDesktop licensing http://bit.ly/3JKoOB

Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster? http://bit.ly/20Nhwe

Microsoft's Ballmer shows off SharePoint and cites IT's link to economic prosperity http://bit.ly/1Osurs

Microsoft to offer second beta for Visual Studio 2010 http://bit.ly/1EFnUD

Microsoft issues first Windows 7 patches http://bit.ly/urYTP

The 7 deadly sins of Windows 7 http://bit.ly/2oroGF

Hacked Facebook apps lead users to fake antivirus software http://bit.ly/q4eiZ

Sneaky Microsoft add-in leaves Firefox open to attack http://bit.ly/2K9z1l

Risk-analysis tools provide the big security picture http://bit.ly/9XjrD

Apple's 'no cheap netbooks' strategy pays off http://bit.ly/478D5x

JetBrains readies open source version of its Java IDE http://bit.ly/2u7ZRd

CollabNet boosts agile development in latest TeamForge release http://bit.ly/2jDxEh

The sad state of the mobile Web gets even sadder http://bit.ly/13TpqV

EnterpriseDB cites enterprise capabilities in open source database http://bit.ly/3nTnkg

2009: The year your data died http://bit.ly/zLQuF

Update: Acer debuts smartphone, netbook with Google Android http://bit.ly/fuYgT

Oracle shows off sheer technology volume http://bit.ly/3kyy5K

Dell details the Efficient Enterprise strategy at OpenWorld http://bit.ly/33a9xJ

Cloud vendor Zimory adds database oomph using virtualization http://bit.ly/WcfdJ

Microsoft offers hope Sidekick users may regain some lost data http://bit.ly/DKSkz

Windows 7 restores balance to the universe http://bit.ly/3ixhhP

Some Sidekick users report data has been restored http://bit.ly/R1EBU

Arm targets laptops to protect its mobile phone turf from Intel http://bit.ly/458arr

Microsoft loses Sidekick users' personal data http://bit.ly/jxOKj

Sun, Oracle chiefs vow: Sun technologies will live on http://bit.ly/Cxeyv

Apple versus Microsoft: The top 20 stolen ideas of the OS wars http://bit.ly/wI48q

Oracle support portal to get an HTML option http://bit.ly/pS6zF

The InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 9, 2009 http://bit.ly/14xXIl

The ZDnet/Iran Affair: Who's the Yahoo now? http://bit.ly/gc4Ri

Microsoft to put stripped-down Office on new PCs http://bit.ly/306huI

OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans http://bit.ly/3uR2em

IBM boosts business agility in WebSphere middleware upgrade http://bit.ly/Tm8pB

Ex-Cisco exec's storage startup accelerates data access http://bit.ly/tttWq

H-1B visas: A mess that could get even worse http://bit.ly/m9av8

Microsoft and Red Hat delivery on interoperability deal http://bit.ly/gGFRp

Rimini Street adds SAP to its maintenance portfolio http://bit.ly/13k2pi

Atlassian's app dev issue tracker gets an upgrade http://bit.ly/1nlIUa

Microsoft, EU reach accord in antitrust battle over IE browser http://bit.ly/2ensmP

Office suites in the cloud: Microsoft Office Web Apps versus Google Docs and Zoho http://bit.ly/3BhVBs

Apple quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce over views on carbon regs: Apple, which once suffered bruising allegations.. http://bit.ly/GIOoL

Microsoft finally ships Windows Mobile 6.5, to poor reviews: The reviews of Microsoft's new mobile OS, Windows .. http://bit.ly/RLAt7

Nasty banking Trojan heralds new wave of smarter crimeware: A sophisticated Trojan horse program designed to em.. http://bit.ly/RXb1q

RIM extends BlackBerry app development to Web developers: Research In Motion (RIM) will preview on Tuesday  tec.. http://bit.ly/IIXZx

Hacker leaks thousands of Hotmail passwords: More than 10,000 usernames and passwords for Windows Live Hotmail .. http://bit.ly/BnDt6

Brocade is reportedly now for sale: Brocade Communications Systems has hung a "for sale" sign on its door, acco.. http://bit.ly/cXks0

VMware removes SRM obstacles to adopting vSphere 4: VMware today released the update to its Site Recovery Manag.. http://bit.ly/TtTZ0

Flash Player inches closer to smartphones: Adobe Systems' Flash Player is getting closer to appearing on smartp.. http://bit.ly/2JKD2H

ICANN: Master of the universe: Forty years to the day after the first packets passed on what was to become the .. http://bit.ly/XWdeN

Test Center: SANs tuned for virtualization pack nice surprises: Virtualization is moving further into the datac.. http://bit.ly/35smXE

Ready for Windows 7? Here's how to deploy it right: Windows 7 is right around the corner. The official release .. http://bit.ly/dZ4We

Security Advisor Roger Grimes claims Macs' low popularity is what keeps them safer from hacking and malware http://bit.ly/19V9mL

The InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 2, 2009: The InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 2, 2009 http://bit.ly/wY7MC

We've announced the winner or our iPod drawing. Check http://ping.fm/o4L50 to watch the video and see who won!

Concerned someone might be trying to hack your online passwords? All it takes is a good reason and a hundred bucks. http://bit.ly/xhj73

What's inside future low-cost Apple MacBooks? The low-cost MacBooks may appear sooner than expected http://bit.ly/uAhyS

The beginning of the end for Windows Mobile? Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer says Microsoft "screwed up" with windows mobile http://bit.ly/3Ogok

For the CAD folks out there: Autodesk has teamed with Parallels to bring their design products to Macs http://bit.ly/HEvuJ

According to a recent study, Internet Explorer 8 runs 10 times faster when Google Chrome plugin is installed http://bit.ly/2s904K

Are you a Facebook Fan of ProVision IT yet? Become a fan to be eligible for our iPod giveaway on Sep 30th! www.facebook.com/provisionit

Memory explosion? Researchers have concluded that Windows 7 will drive the average PC RAM to 4gb http://bit.ly/2Ucjjt

Microsoft to provide free security software. Microsoft Security Essentials will provide basic anti-virus/spyware http://bit.ly/4gCzy9

How much is your online identity worth to a cybercriminal? Symantec has a tool that will calculate it for you in 2 min http://bit.ly/mkZC8

Want a way to backup the files on your computer for FREE!? Check out this review of several free online backup services http://bit.ly/1WzdiJ

Microsoft Office loosing dominance in the workplace? New report says Google Docs "widely used" in 1 out of 5 companies: http://bit.ly/VM00a

ProVision IT's free prize drawing to be held on 9/30. This month's prize: iPod Shuffle. Click here to enter: www.facebook.com/provisionit

With the release of Windows 7 looming, a Microsoft exec admits "I think Vista was a less good product for Microsoft" http://bit.ly/9BDUt

Apple to launch tablet PC in 5 months? Would have 9.6in screen with multitouch made famous by the iPhone and iPod Touch: http://bit.ly/2EoOe

Tmobile to buy Sprint? Acquisition would enable Tmobile to compete with wireless giants AT&T and Verizon: http://bit.ly/3BEQrA

Microsoft has admitted that in-place upgrades of their latest Operating System, Windows 7, can take up to 20 hours! http://bit.ly/4dpDK3

Cisco Systems developing collaboration software that will integrate social networking, phone, content, and applications http://bit.ly/8cKuK

Alert: Update Adobe Flash after upgrading to Snow Leapord as Apple has shipped the new OS with a vulnerable version http://bit.ly/4GaPHl

AT&T finally releasing MMS capability for the iPhone on 9/25: http://bit.ly/X02Hj Software update will be required.

Looking for the best Laptop, Netbook, and/or Smartphone for travel? Here you go: http://bit.ly/U2WYi

Instant messaging makes it easier for cybercriminals to steal your data and then transmit stolen data immediately http://bit.ly/1uui0

Microsoft temporarily discounts Windows 7 Professional for Small Businesses http://bit.ly/18MKuu

Analysts believe Apple's iPhone will become non-AT&T exclusive in a year: http://bit.ly/d2Qaf

New bill would give President emergency control over private computer networks in the event of a cybersecurity emergency http://bit.ly/sISgN

The ProVision IT $50 iTunes Gift Card giveaway winner has been announced. Check www.facebook.com/provisionit for the results.

RT @rhettelliot 11 major new Mac OS X Snow Leopard features: http://bit.ly/2GVXR

Wireless routers with WPA/TKIP encryption no longer secure, can now be cracked in 1 minute: http://bit.ly/F6twL WPA/AES is not vulnerable.

Free Software Foundation attacks Windows 7 over privacy concerns and other issues, calling it "treacherous computing" http://bit.ly/JYGbg

Clueless about the video games your kids are playing or asking to play? The site "What They Play" helps educate parents: http://bit.ly/r1lTM

The "Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center" recommends using a Mac or Linux for online banking: http://bit.ly/3RyrgJ

USB3 chip to bring RAID to external drives: http://bit.ly/WRbiK Can move 500mb/second

10 reasons why Mac OS X Snow Leopard (due out Monday) is ready for businesses: http://bit.ly/dLpRh Most notable: Exchange support

Top 5 myths about Apple that finally answers the question, "Are Apple products overpriced?" http://bit.ly/8wVPd

The top 5 myths about Microsoft that finally answers the question, "Is Bill Gates evil?" :-) http://bit.ly/dOadW

Mac OS X Snow Leopard may ship 8/28/09 http://bit.ly/88xez

Become a "fan" of ProVision IT and win a $50 iTunes gift card! Go here to register: http://bit.ly/untzb

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In response to court order to cease shipment of Word http://bit.ly/1izyIf Microsoft has filed a motion to stop the ban http://bit.ly/11cpT2

Become a "fan" of ProVision IT and win an iTunes gift card! To register, simply become a fan by going here: www.companies.to/provisionit

Interesting thread on Slashdot regarding "Why should I trust my network administrator": http://bit.ly/jcDz7

Man jailed for using Limeware to steal personal info: http://bit.ly/YM1ec

Mac OS X Snow Leopard could arrive earlier than expected: http://bit.ly/2idbtY

Microsoft to use Outlook instead of Entourage in Office for Mac beginning next year: http://bit.ly/gFEbr

Palm issues statement over privacy issues exposed by Palm Pre user: http://bit.ly/n1q7h. Privacy issues exposed here: http://bit.ly/cZE5U

Palm Pre users beware: Palm Pre sends usage and GPS info back to Palm without user consent: http://bit.ly/cZE5U

Google Android security chief says our mobile phones aren't safe for long: http://bit.ly/s378Z

Microsoft releases 19 bug/security patches: http://bit.ly/gf9Sc. Do you test before deploying? You should: http://bit.ly/roEfN

Google feeling pressure from Microsoft/Yahoo? "Caffeine"may be more like Bing: http://bit.ly/Ec0QF

Adobe Flash stores trackable info that cannot be removed simply be deleting cookies: http://bit.ly/9AOFe

First Internet-connected pacemaker goes live: http://bit.ly/11VLNG

Having trouble figuring out what's wrong with Internet Explorer? Run it with the -extoff option to see if it's an issue with an addon/plugin

UK National ID Card http://bit.ly/dTmR3 cloned in 12 minutes and re-programmed with false data http://bit.ly/3kxgO

Pretty cool site to show Google and Bing search results side-by-side: http://bit.ly/Uukiq

Bing search tainted by pro-Microsoft results: http://bit.ly/3Dwokg

Twitter attacks aren't over yet: http://bit.ly/DUFT3

Twitter (and other social networking sites) attacks poltitically motivated? http://bit.ly/pcXaK

Security experts at odds over motive(s) behind twitter attack: http://bit.ly/evTTc

Has the twitter outage given you a chance to get some real work done? http://bit.ly/XzXA2

Here are 15 things you can do while Twitter is down: http://bit.ly/E9Dqo

Mac OS X 10.5.8 released: http://bit.ly/17eGFa. Software Update, here I come, though the changelog doesn't show anything terribly exciting.

Some 89.7 percent of the pharmacies paying for ads on Bing.com are fraudulent or engaged in illegal activity: http://bit.ly/qI0eq

Good article from Forbes.com on the value of VoIP: http://bit.ly/2Yx5Jo

4 reasons to upgrade to Windows 7, and 4 reasons not to: http://bit.ly/1aEbNX

30 time saving shortcuts for you Mac http://bit.ly/odGhQ

Barnes and Noble now offering free Wi-Fi: http://bit.ly/juUTv

Are Macs not as secure as we think? http://bit.ly/8uctr

86% of all emails sent in the US are spam: http://bit.ly/HUSCg

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer surprised by Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft-Yahoo deal: http://bit.ly/HjYd1

If you get a single character txt message on your iPhone, turn it off. A security flaw to be publicized on Thursday: http://bit.ly/zgzUI

Ironically, security company McAfee accidentally reveals the contact details of 1400 conference attendees: http://bit.ly/CYlI7

Details on presidential motorcades, safe house for First Family, other sensitive data leaked via Limewire: http://bit.ly/PZ2C6

Feds may soon be allowed to use cookies on government websites to track where you go on the Internet: http://bit.ly/xJvD8

Microsoft/Yahoo deal essentially a revenue sharing partnership. Will this give Google something to worry about? http://bit.ly/TTaVo

Microsoft/Yahoo deal is official: http://bit.ly/zkbcU

Microsoft and Yahoo to announce deal on Wed? http://bit.ly/18NzjL Yahoo to use Microsoft's search engine; Yahoo to handle sale of text ads.

Microsoft to release out-of-band patch today to fix significant security flaw in ActiveX that has been known but not fixed for over a year: http://bit.ly/T1hUr

Posterous is incredibly simple to setup and use. It took about 60 seconds to setup this Posterous site: http://bit.ly/hT3td

Need a simple, quick, easy way to blog? Check out Posterous: http://bit.ly/9iHJN

Microsoft confirms that plans are in motion to open Microsoft Retail stores: http://bit.ly/aqjJy

Over 90% of Windows users are vulnerable to the latest Adobe Flash zero day bug that won't be patched until Thursday: http://bit.ly/LAdBG

Installing Windows 7 on a PC with no DVD drive? Here is a 7 min video from MS on using a USB stick to do the install: http://bit.ly/17iB6a

The top 5 Internet Security videos. Short, and helpful: http://bit.ly/1lyVKj

Will our PCs be free one day like our cell phones are today? Jim Zemlin, Director of the Linux Foundation, thinks so: http://bit.ly/14dK0A

Josh Doing a "Swing Migration" from SBS2003 to SBS2008 today utilizing Jeff Middleton's kit: http://ping.fm/fRIyV Great kit, Jeff.

Doing a "Swing Migration" from SBS2003 to SBS2008 today utilizing Jeff Middleton's kit: http://ping.fm/2jXm7 Great kit, Jeff.

Are "Smart" appliances a "dumb" idea? http://ping.fm/HsG5k

Stedman Graham Joins Full Sail University: http://ping.fm/DIy18

Top 5 Energy Efficient computers: http://ping.fm/GoE7o Mine is number 2 on the list.

If you've got DD-WRT installed on your routers, update it or make sure that HTTPS for remote management is not enabled: http://ping.fm/G4luB

Good article about IT outsourcing considerations for Small Businesses: http://ping.fm/oc8iD

GoDaddy Email Fun

What do you think of when you hear someone mention GoDaddy? If “Danica Patrick” was your response, then this might not be the article for you. Anyway, pretty soon what you, and everyone, are going to think of is spam. Or, more accurately, not spam. Let me explain.

Some time back, GoDaddy implemented a change in the way their spam filter works, so that anyone who has email hosted by GoDaddy will not receive emails that contain a URL that is traced to an IP address listed on the Spamhaus PBL (for Spamhaus own description of what there PBL is click here). What does that mean? It means that if you have a website, like mycompany.com for instance, and it is hosted by somewebhost.com, and the IP address of the server that it is hosted on by somewebhost.com is listed on the Spamhaus PBL, then as an employee of My Company you send an email containing the URL of your own company’s website in your signature, then nobody with email hosted by GoDaddy is going to get your mail. In this scenario, the fact that your email is not being originated from the somewebhost.com IP address is not factored into the logic of the GoDaddy Spam filtering process. Another example is if you are sending an email with a link to espn.com to a friend whose email is hosted by GoDaddy, he may not get the email. You may have that email bounced back with the following bounce message:

Sorry, your message from to could not be delivered. The specific error is:
554 The message was rejected because it contains prohibited virus or spam content
This is a permanent error, and the message will not be retried any further.

What? Are you serious? Another example would be if you wanted send your friend who has email hosted by GoDaddy a link to this article so that they can be informed about all the email that they have no idea they are not receiving because of the “spam” filter. Well, they may not get it. If you have your company’s website listed anywhere in your email, it may not reach anyone whose email is hosted by GoDaddy.

The way this is happening is that when an email is sent to someone who hosts their email on a GoDaddy server, GoDaddy is checking the email for viruses and spam content and a part of that process is that it will scan for any URL contained in the email and then check it against the Spamhaus PBL. This is not a logical way to use the Spamhaus PBL. If GoDaddy was checking the IP address of the server that sent the email that would be one thing. That is a legitimate way to block spam. But just because a URL is in an email does not mean that the email is coming from the IP address associated with that URL. The two are not related at all.

So the question is, why are they doing this? It is analogous to a cell phone provider scanning your text messages, and if you mention another cell phone provider in a text, they drop it so that it’s never received. GoDaddy has the ability to classify it as “spam filtering” but the reality is they are blocking completely legitimate emails from being received. Lots, and lots of them. They are aware of what they are doing, and as fare as we are aware, are not making any attempt to fix the problem.

The solution is obvious. If you are using GoDaddy as your host…stop it. Have someone else host your email. Someone like ProVision IT.

Danica Patrick needs to concentrate on racing anyway.