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User comes to this pilot fish with 100 pages of hard copy that he needs to e-mail to a client -- which shouldn't be a big problem. ...

It's IT Blogwatch: in which many ISP subscribers could have been at risk of "undetectable" phishing attacks for 18 months. Not to mention analytics, according to Captain Kirk...

Robert McMillan reports:

A vulnerability in servers used by EarthLink to handle mistyped Web page requests may have allowed attackers to launch undetectable phishing attacks against any Internet site, according to a noted Internet security researcher ...

If you want to know how your Web applications are performing, you need a TrueView, says one vendor.

Social network tools are no substitute for the voice or in-person interactions that make for a successful collaborative work team.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which folks worry about lock-in at Google's new App Engine. Not to mention a slightly pointless game...

Andy Baio claims an "exclusive":

One of the biggest criticisms of Google's App Engine have been cries of lock-in, that the applications developed for the platform won't be portable to any other service. This morning, Chris Anderson, the Portland-based cofounder of the Grabb.it MP3 blog service, just released AppDrop — an elegant hack proving that's not true. AppDrop is a container for applications developed with the Google App Engine SDK, running entirely on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure. Just like Google's Appspot, anyone can use a modified SDK to deploy their App Engine apps directly to Amazon EC2 instead of Google, and they work without modification ...

This company uses a Web interface to its systems, and it's accessible from any PC. The idea is to allow employees to access their company mail when away from the office -- or so this pilot fish assumes.

When it's time to make your vacation plans, consider going beyond lame-o travel sites.

More broadband is not the answer to better performance of "cloud computing."

It's IT Blogwatch: in which Google does an embarrassing volte-face on an App Engine app. Not to mention the 50 greatest comedy sketches of all time...

Heather Harreld Havenstein goes all alliterative on us: [Get a room -Ed.]

Just a day after launching a preview version of its new Google App Engine, Google Inc. yesterday yanked one of the development product's demo applications after a blogosphere brouhaha erupted over its origin. The move came after bloggers contended that the real-time chat demo application for Google App Engine, called HuddleChat, was a copy of the Campfire real-time chat application from 37Signals LLC.

The latest figures for share of the search market should convince Microsoft it's time to give up trying to buy Yahoo. Buying Yahoo won't help in the fight against Google -- it'll only weigh down Microsoft with a sinking company.

The online bookseller's squeeze on print-on-demand publishers has small U.K. self-publishers up in arms.

Consultant pilot fish gets the order to build an online store for a major client. "When I ask for the specifications, I'm told it's a basic shopping cart, nothing special. This worries me."

OECD reports notwithstanding, the state of broadband in Germany isn't as good as one might think, says this former resident.

Am not. Are too. Is IT Blogwatch: in which Yahoo and Microsoft bicker like spoiled children. Not to mention alternative opening titles for Lost...

Linda Rosencrance is in rude health:

Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors told Microsoft Corp. that it would consider the software company's unsolicited takeover bid, but only if it makes a big higher than the initial $44.6 billion offer. In a letter today, Yahoo also told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that it didn't take kindly to ultimatums or threats of a hostile takeover. Microsoft declined to comment on Yahoo's letter ...

I spend a fair amount of time at Digg. Recently the general slowness, occasional downtime, and numerous errors are starting to push me toward other sites.

In the last few minutes, I gotten this twice -- one when I first tried to submit an item and then when Digg was supposedly checking for duplicates.