Best of the blogs: As I wrote yesterday, Real World SOA author Dave Linthicum is re-tooling his 12 steps to SOA. The first piece: semantics. “The management of semantics has always been a key consideration in the world of application integration and now SOA,” he begins. “To date we’ve done a poor job in managing semantics, lacking the understanding, the discipline, as well as the enabling technology and standards. Perhaps it’s time we finally get a handle on it as we move to SOA.” Read Linthicum’s full entry here. Security: Not 24 hours after Microsoft posted the security-conscious IE 7, Secunia reports that it found the browser’s first flaw — a vulnerability that would allow malicious Web sites to snag personal information. Secunia gave it a ‘less-critical’ rating, its second lowest. Columnists’ corner: In this week’s installment of Enterprise Windows, Oliver Rist presents Visiting Vista RC2, Part One. Rist sticks to the business aspects, including IE 7, Java, security features and, most important of all, games. “They messed with Solitaire.” Yes, there will be a memorial service. The news beat: Red Hat promises to deliver a stronger beta 2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 within weeks. IDC says that 1 billion mobile phones will sell this year alone. And Microsoft campaigns against piracy in the UK with the slogan ‘Keep IT Real’ and an associated program. Technology Industry