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NEWS UPDATES
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Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act
http://security.itworld.com/5009/070906patriotact/page_1.html

Seattle man arrested for P-to-P ID theft
http://security.itworld.com/5010/070906p2ptheft/page_1.html

Google to boost universal search effort
http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1634/070907google/index.html

U.S. DOJ questions net neutrality rules
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/070906fccneutrality/index.html

Apple to offer early iPhone buyers $100 store credit http://wireless.itworld.com/4267/070906iphoneprice/page_1.html

Microsoft readies five September security updates
http://security.itworld.com/4940/070906msupdates/page_1.html

UNIX TIP
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Looking at soft partitions
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com

Soft partitions provide a way to squeeze more than seven partitions onto a single disk on a Solaris system. First introduced into Solaris as a patch for Solstice DiskSuite on Solaris 8 and then bundled into Solaris 9 as a feature of Solaris Volume Manager, soft partitions provide a way to make more flexible use of the increasingly large disks showing up on Solaris servers. Prior to soft partitions, the maximum of seven partitions often had sysadmins weighing tradeoffs when setting up their systems. Which file systems demand separate slices and which can share disk space without running into problems? With soft partitions, sysadmins can pretty much set up as many partitions on a disk as they care to configure. If you are looking at the soft partitioning on a Solaris server for the first time, you may find the information concerning the configuration of soft partitions a little hard to digest. http://open.itworld.com/5040/nlsunix070904/page_1.html

OPINION
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Tinfoil hats, or unfortunate reality?
By Dan Blacharski, ITworld.com

Two things are happening that relate to privacy that are cause for concern. First, government intrusion of privacy is at an all-time high (warrantless wire-tapping, etc.), and second, RFID technology is advancing in many ways. There are vocal advocates who proclaim that humans should be "tagged." And according to the Wireless Weblog, there is one company that already requires employees to have microchips implanted in their arms as a condition of employment. Remind me to put that one on my list of places I would never want to work. This is no "feel-good" bill. It's a legitimate bill that should be passed immediately, not just in California but everywhere, because it takes pre-emptive action against the possibility of a grave injustice that could realistically happen. http://security.itworld.com/5009/nlsblog070906/page_1.html