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News: Hackers selling IDs for $14, Symantec says
News: Adobe releases first Apollo code to developers
News: Google buys game advertising, statistics software
News: Salesforce.com readies its take on MySpace
Opinion: Management maps
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Hackers selling IDs for $14, Symantec says
Identity thieves are offering a person's credit-card number, date of birth and other sensitive information for as little as $14 over the Internet, said a new report on online threats released Monday.

Adobe releases first Apollo code to developers
Adobe Systems Inc. is giving developers a free preview of its forthcoming runtime code-named Apollo on Monday, releasing an alpha version of the technology on its Adobe Labs site.

Google buys game advertising, statistics software
Google Inc. has acquired Adscape Media, an in-game advertising company based in San Francisco, for an undisclosed sum, Google announced Friday. Adscape offers technology for placing advertisements in video games for PCs, gaming consoles and mobile phones.

Salesforce.com readies its take on MySpace
Salesforce.com Inc. Monday joined other corporate software players trying to take the concepts behind the highly successful social networking site MySpace and apply them to the business world. AppSpace is a hosted portal which forms part of the Spring 07 release of the Salesforce hosted CRM software.

Fujitsu offers flash-based notebooks
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. is fortifying two models in its notebook line by offering the option of solid state drives for rugged applications like health care and aviation, the company said Monday.

Expert: Supreme Court copyright ruling invites chaos
The 2005 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Grokster v. MGM case is partly responsible for Viacom Inc.'s dispute with Google Inc. ending up in court, an expert on copyright law said in a Sunday opinion piece in The New York Times newspaper.

Hackers promise month of MySpace bugs
Two hackers going by the names of Mondo Armando and Müstaschio promise to begin disclosing security vulnerabilities in MySpace, News Corp.'s popular social networking site, every day next month.

Apple offers to re-price options for employees
Apple Inc. has offered to re-price stock options for some employees who received them at incorrect prices. In a filing Friday with the SEC, Apple said 114,695 options, issued between 1997 and 2002, were erroneously assigned grant dates that preceded the finalization of those grants.

Broadcom, Qualcomm settle more disputes
Qualcomm said on Friday that it had agreed with Broadcom to dismiss patent infringement claims and trade secret misappropriation charges asserted by the companies in two lawsuits.


OPINION

Management maps
By James Gaskin

Why do executives look so disappointed when they visit the operations center? Because the TV program 24 shows us a NOC with network maps linked to satellites able to drill down and watch Jack Bauer run around town. You've got log files, and if you're lucky, a reproduction of a router face plate with blinking LEDs.

Time to spiff up your presentation for executive eye candy as well as provide better management. Take a look at the new FireScope (.com) Dashboard now integrated with Google Maps and drill down to street level. You won't see Bauer running around, but you will see your remote locations in physical context with their environment.

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