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CIO Insight: Got Game? Managing the Gamer Generation For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159942-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Spyware Acquisition Hits Ownership Snag A private Florida company claims it co-owns the code and definition updates for Giant AntiSpam, which Microsoft acquired last week. See what each side has to say. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159945-0-0-0-1 Spyware http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159948-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: New IE Exploit Spoofs Web Sites Security researchers have uncovered a spoofing flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow a scammer to display a fake Web site with all of the attributes of a genuine, secure site. Here's the updated story. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159951-0-0-0-1 Internet Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159954-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks Ounce Labs delivers tools that help developers test for bugs in the coding phase of application development and teams with universities to train developers in secure software. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159957-0-0-0-1 Developer Power Tools http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159960-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Judge Awards $1 Billion in Spam Lawsuit A federal judge has awarded an ISP over $1 billion in a lawsuit against companies that used the service provider's equipment to send spam. Read more about this huge judgement. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159963-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: The War Against Retail Return Abuses Using databases to prevent return abuses pits a U.S. Senator against a database vendor, with national retailers caught in the middle. Do retailers really have blacklists for return-happy customers? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159966-0-0-0-1 Holiday Shopping http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159969-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: IBM Assures Customers They Won't Get Burned IBM is assuring customers that they will not get burned in the same manner that users did in the wake of Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq three years ago, with nixed product lines and mixed messages. But do customers believe it? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159972-0-0-0-1 IBM's Evolution http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1440-2-79-308321-159975-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. CIO Insight: Got Game? Managing the Gamer Generation The authors of the book "Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever" (Harvard Business School Press, October 2004) suggest that employees of the "gamer generation" (roughly ages 15 to 35) have a surprisingly sophisticated set of skills and abilities, and need to be managed differently than their older colleagues. 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