Targeted: Twitter Hit with Phishing Attack (Data Storage Today)
Twitter, the popular microblogging site, has become the latest target of phishers. The company is warning its members to be careful of messages that redirect them to spoofed Twitter sites in an attempt to steal their user names and passwords. "This particular scam sent out e-mails resembling those you might receive from Twitter if you get e-mail notifications of your Direct Messages. The ...

The Dream of Ubiquitous Connectivity: Voice and Video in Every IP Device (Converge! Network Digest)
Verizon Wins Cybersquatting Case A federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a case in which an Internet domain registration company tried to take advantage of Verizon and Verizon customers by using Internet names chosen to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon names.

They Vacuum Maggots, Don?t They? Novel Delves Into the Trauma Cleaning Trade (New York Times)
Charlie Huston has written a smoking-hot new crime novel.

Osterman Research - Purewire Survey Reveals Gaps in Web Security (Broadcast Newsroom)
IT Pros Rank Web-based Malware Attacks as Leading Concern yet Many Aren't Using Comprehensive Web Security To...

Kakuteru: A Blogging and Lifestreaming Mashup (+Invites) (ReadWriteWeb)
What do you get when you combine blogging and lifestreaming? You get Kakuteru , a semantic blogging mashup with funny name. The service imports your activity streams from FriendFeed and combines them with longer articles you write yourself. After you set up your Kakuteru site, its URL can then be hidden behind a domain name of your choosing so it appears as if it's your own blog. ...