Survey: The notion that technology makes it easier for people, IT and otherwise, to lie in their professional lives has made something of a splash lately. But the latest IT-Exec-Connect poll determined that fifty-nine percent of members claim that ‘technology doesn’t affect my conscience.’ Moreover, 3 percent indicated that technology-fueled dishonesty actually makes them feel more guilty. Best of the blogs: Calling a recent IDC report “an awakening to reality,” David Linthicum agrees in Help us change … to SOA that demand for CM services related to SOA is on the rise and will keep growing into the future. “While the relatively new notion of SOA is driving that awakening, it’s really about tired and static architectures becoming more adaptable to business,” he writes. The news beat: The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is pulling together a cadre of Web companies, educators and human rights groups to protect privacy and freedom of expression on the ‘Net. Oracle unwraps Linux management software, a move seen by some as striking out at Red Hat’s revenue streams. And Unisys issues a suite for calculating how to bill enterprise departments for the resources they consume in a virtual environment. Slideshow: InfoWorld.com’s best of the week includes Salesforce.com’s Winter ’07 release, the ongoing HP spying scandal, and the Test Center’s blade server shootout. View it here. Technology Industry