SOA: Sixty percent of respondents in a new survey agreed that their SOA efforts have failed and David Linthicum knows where IT’s pain originates. Linthicum, in fact, lists the top 5 reasons SOA fails as determined by his own research. Notes from the field: Giving new meaning to the compound word “housewife,” Robert X. Cringely opines about Denverite Deborah Hale who is tapping eBay as a means to auction her house, replete with everything — furniture, appliances, games, exercise equipment, tanning bed, lawn tools and even Deborah herself. Of course, for almost half the cost of the house you, like Cringester Tom M., could instead invest in a Dell Axim X50 case from DealTime.com. That’s $266,250. No Norwegian blonde included, though. And there’s more from Cringe in Murdoch auctions a snack, MSN rejects IE for Mac. Best of the blogs: Jon Udell celebrates screencasting’s first anniversary, and Bob Lewis offers up three tips for CIOs looking to engage contractors at a fixed price. The news beat: A Sun Microsystems executive calls for a Net summit of engineers, the city of Paris accelerates its move to open source software, and Yahoo appoints a new head of ’emerging search.’ Technology Industry