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• Obama Beats McCain as Spam Target A spam-off shows bulk mailers are far more likely to use Obama's name in the subject line.
• Hotels a Geek Can Love Here are nine geek hotels offering futuristic conveniences and tech amenities at a reasonable rate--sometimes in luxury.
• Vendors, Cops, Profs Team to Study Cybercrime Tech vendors and the Secret Service are among those working with an evaluation of trends and best practices for security.
• Voter Hot Line Upgraded for Election A Web-based Virtual Call Center program will power the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
• Microsoft Sues DHL After Train Dumps 21,600 Xboxes Microsoft is suing cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a Texas train derailment.
• PCI App Security: Who's Guarding the Data Bank? Compliance strategies for PCI's new application security requirements.
• When in Doubt, Consider the Customer Getting customers is one thing; retaining them is another. Now is a great time to rethink your customer service strategy.
• Whoop de Doop for De-Dupe Data de-duplication is spreading from backups to online storage. So when can we stop buying disks?
• Open-Source Drupal Turns Pro Acquia's strengthened and supported distribution of the open source content manager smooths the path to a trouble-free Drupal Web site.
• Sprint's 4G Xohm WiMax: How Fast Is It? In our hands-on tests, the new Xohm network was fast and smooth -- but for now, you have to be in Baltimore.
• Flex-Time: Want a Four-Day Workweek? IT is Key All companies look to cut costs during an economic recession: A one-year trial of a four-day work week for the state of Utah is predicted to save $3 million. And it saves employees commuting costs as well.
• Errant E-mail to Me Will Cost You Ignorance of the law is no excuse -- and when it comes to technology, the same rule applies.
• Apple Releases Another Mega-Patch for Mac OS X It fixes 40 more bugs; total for year now exceeds 250.
• Antivirus Superhero Comes to the Rescue Japan's cheap and pervasive high-speed Internet connections are finally catching up with the country.
• The ROI of Influence How do smart companies include social media in their marketing?
• YouTube Takes a Page From xkcd Would YouTube users leave better comments if they first heard their words read back to them out loud?
• Are You an Innovation Sucker or Winner? Will innovation will grind to a halt?
• Lessons Learned: IT's Biggest Project Failures Think your project's off track and over budget? Learn a lesson or two from the tech sector's most infamous project flameouts.
• Widespread Problems, Fraud Found in H-1B Program U.S. study finds incidents of forged documents, fake degrees, 'shell' companies.
• Firefox Add-on Blocks 'Clickjacking' Attacks NoScript now stymies new class of exploits by revealing secret content.
• Macworld Expo Boss Named Show Manager of the Year IDG World Expo has announced that vice president and general manager Paul Kent has received a Show Manager of the Year award...
• Huawei Shelves Plan to Sell Stake in Wireless Device Unit China-based networking equipment maker Huawei indefinitely postponed the sale of a stake in its terminals manufacturing unit...
• Slingbox Pro-HD: Access HD Content From Anywhere What it is, and why it's so cool.
• Why Security Pros Hate SharePoint Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform is all the rage in today's business world, especially since third parties gained the ability to plug security holes. But managing it can still be a nightmare for IT security shops.
• Anatomy of a SQL Injection Attack This vendor-written tech primer has been edited to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.