A galaxy of mashup opportunity: Developers eager to delve into the world of application mashups would be well-served by checking out the alpha version of Adobe's new Apollo IDE. Contributing Editor James R. Borck had a chance to dabble with innovative SDK, which enables developers to create desktop/Web app hybrids based on technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, Flash, and beyond. IBM tackles phishers: With its I A galaxy of mashup opportunity: Developers eager to delve into the world of application mashups would be well-served by checking out the alpha version of Adobe’s new Apollo IDE. Contributing Editor James R. Borck had a chance to dabble with innovative SDK, which enables developers to create desktop/Web app hybrids based on technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, Flash, and beyond. IBM tackles phishers: With its ISS MS3004 e-mail security appliance, Big Blue attempts to take on several scourges of the Internet communications stream, including spam and phishing. The intent is certainly laudable, observes Test Center analyst Logan Harbaugh, but unfortunately, the machine’s capability of separating the good from the bad isn’t quite up to snuff, compared to rivals. But it does deliver other security benefits, such as a fireweall and IPS, which makes it a worthy security consideration.Choose your own blog-venture: Like every journalist-type, Strategic Developer Martin Heller gets a plethora of PR pitches in his e-mail box. There’s no way he can write about all things app-dev, so he’s giving readers a chance to weigh in on some topics. Among them: Backbase’s AJAX framework kits; salesforce.com’s Spring ’07 release (which includes AppSpace, “a facility for building customer-facing portals using AppExchange applications and other assets built on the Apex platform”); IBM’s developerWorks Exchange developer community, and IBM CODESTATION, Big Blue’s 3-D area in the virtual world of Second Life. Let Martin know what interests you. Technology Industry