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 Jennifer Leggio: Recent surveys reveal lukewarm concern in the enterprise toward Web 2.0 security risks. In fact, only 3 percent of respondents see their companies "seriously affected" by recent Facebook and Twitter phishing attacks. But do enterprise users understand the real risks?
 Sam Diaz: The Apple vs. Google smartphone race is coming to China, and from early reports, it looks like Apple is eyeing the rougher road to the top. Here we go again: a multi-year exclusive deal with a carrier that is willing to give Apple what it wants in exchange for the chance to lure the young and hip over to its side of the fence with the iPhone.
 Dion Hinchcliffe: If the U.S. government can open its databases, why can't your organization? Open data promises instant connectivity between ad hoc partners while reducing integration costs, improving transparency, harnessing external innovation, and even creating entirely new business models.
 Ed Bott: Someone at Microsoft is secretly working for Apple. That's the only possible explanation I can come up with for why they released a "Official Windows 7 Upgrade chart" that tells a horrifying story: Upgrading to Windows 7 will be hideously complex.
 Larry Dignan: As the tectonic plates shift below the data center, the vendor lines are becoming more clear. HP and Cisco are on a collision course and IBM appears to be playing Switzerland's neutral act nicely.
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