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Woah there, it's IT Blogwatch, in which another IE7 vulnerability rears its ugly head, prompting the inevitable comparisons with Firefox 2.0. Not to mention more amazing experiments with Diet Coke and Mentos...

Jeremy Kirk has deja vu. All over again:

A security problem originally found in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 6 browser has returned to haunt IE7, the new version of the browser launched two weeks ago, a security consultant said Monday. Danish security consultancy Secunia AsP posted an advisory regarding an issue where an attacker could potentially snare logins and passwords from an unsuspecting IE7 user. Over two years ago, security researchers reported the same fault in IE6.

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[Updated 1pm EDT: More about WiMAX] Want to rock an iPhone 5 at release date? Better switch to Sprint -- or so say the rumors. It seems that Sprint (NYSE:S) may have an exclusive on the new pomaceous shiny, leaving the rest of us with a warmed-over iPhone 4 (or "4S"), with no 4G. Just when we thought we knew what Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook will announce, everything changes again. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers' heads spin. Not to mention: "That look" from your spouse is universal across cultures...

My boss just said we're moving to Macs. I don't know if he was serious, but it might really happen -- he's a bona-fide, born-again Mac zealot, after decades of using real computers (he even had his own, successful Windows-centric newsletter).

I joked that I'll switch to a Mac after they pry the PC from my cold, stiff fingers. In reality, I'll just go along with the program and lose about 30% in productivity.

Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) shipped a beta Chrome browser app for the Android OS. Well, for version 4.0, at least. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers review and analyze. Not to mention: Why pilots sometimes go-around instead of landing...

Can you hear IT Blogwatch? If not, ask TellMe to tell you about Microsoft's rumored buy out. Not to mention the little printer that shreds while it works ...

Om Malik knows why:

Even an $800 million price tag would make it the fourth largest acquisition in the history of Microsoft. Why would Microsoft pay such a hefty price? C/Net speculates that the Tellme technologies could find their way into enterprise applications. Microsoft is betting heavily on the convergence of data and voice.

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SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- Everybody's talking about tethering, which is the use of a cell phone to connect a laptop to the Internet. Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Palm phones have done it for years. Soon, iPhone and Android-based G1 phones will, too. But tethering is slow, awkward and lame. We have to do it for one reason only: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and other carriers are greedy, and have no vision.

Users from around the U.S. and the world are all reporting that Google, and its related services, are moving at snail-like speed.

As I wrote about in my previous blog, IE8 hosed my system shortly after I installed it. I've got it up and running again, and found out the source of the crash. Read on for details.

Get more from your iPhone 4 by turning on character counts in text messaging, changing fonts for readability, avoiding the "Death Grip," and more.

Whitney Houston's cause of death was hinted at on Twitter, it seems, supporting the rumor that she drowned. And it happened more than 40 minutes before the mainstream media picked up the story. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers mourn the sad loss of a great talent, but are fascinated by our brave, new, interconnected world. Not to mention: Debunking the "no melt of Himalayan glaciers" canard...

Wondering what you'll love (or hate) about IE8? I've put the beta through its paces, and I've got the goods for you. I've found some nifty new features, and one that spells annoyance. And, of course, I've got screenshots as well.

I've got my hands on a copy of the leaked, confidential Microsoft "Global Criminal Compliance Handbook," which details for police and intelligence services exactly what information Microsoft collects about users of its online services, and how they can be accessed. What is gathered and available about you is quite comprehensive, including your emails, detailed information about when you sign in and use the services, credit card information, and so on.

Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.

Early in January, Stevens introduced Senate bill 49, which among other things, would require that any school or library that gets federal Internet subsidies would have to block access to interactive Web sites, including social networking sites, and possibly blogs as well. It appears that the definition of those sites is so vague that it could include sites such as Wikipedia, according to commentators. It would certainly ban MySpace.

A client/server application lets this organization's inside salespeople place customer orders at the prices quoted by the sales reps on the street. But something's not quite right, reports a pilot fish in the know.

"Back in November, we started having problems with a particular division," fish says. "Every morning, every order in the division's order log would delete."

Recently, it seems that there has been a subtle increase in articles, and discussions, on the need for college degrees, certifications, or any other form of continued education. In this feature, the focus will be primarily on the college degree aspect of these discussions. In most of the discussions, the popular conclusion to these debates appears to be that many favor experience over an institutional education. The trendy consensus being that a non-degreed, experienced employee will perform at a higher level than a degreed employee in more instances that not. Is this true? Can this way of thinking prove to be detrimental in the future?