App dev: IBM, SOA Software and BuildForge discuss programs and tools that are designed to make developing and deploying service-oriented architectures easier. Among these most recent offerings are a registry product, process automation, and enhancements to IBM’s SOA Business Partner Community.Special report: One of the most-effective ways to ensure SOA success is to gauge the existing resources you have in place prior to beginning. In How to plan an SOA, we take a look sizing up business processes and maximizing the business value of SOA. The online package also includes a case study on how the DoD puts SOA into action. Security: Cybercriminals have hacked into a Chinese bank site and are using it to host phishing sites from which they steal personal data from customers of eBay and a major U.S. bank. Hardware: Holland’s Ego brings a new notebook to Cebit along with bold proclamations about changing laptop perceptions that have not been altered in some 20 years. The new hardware, though, harks back to an Apple clamshell design, circa 1997. Shuttle says its mini-PC, a contender against the Mac mini, is now due to ship in the middle of this year. And Acer joins the ranks of notebook makers arming their systems to work with Vodafone’s 3G service. Technology Industry