Notes from the field: Linux, of course, is legal — but perhaps not in Tuttle, Okla., the town that bills itself as “The Place Where People Grow — Friendly!” City Manager Jerry Taylor threatened to call the Feds on an innocent Linux distributor after encountering an Apache error page and mistaking it for the work of fiends. Apple, however is not so worked up these days. “Maybe Apple is getting mellow in its old age,” Robert X. Cringely opines. You see, the company’s 30th birthday came and went without, well, with a yawn. Okie calls cops, Dell’s Ditty flops. Podcasts: Jon Udell interviews Gary McGraw, CTO of Cigital in a podcast discussion that dips into Letter Spirit, McGraw’s contribution to Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.Security: Caller ID should never be used as any form of cell phone security, and Paul Ryan explains why in Outlaw Caller ID. “There is a HUGE loophole for most people’s cell phone voicemail.” Columnists’ corner: Working undercover as Charlie Brown, Dave Margulius pokes holes in a study claiming that U.S. businesses lose 7.3 percent of their revenue due to poor management of customer data. “One problem with customer data is, garbage in, garbage out,” he explains. Test center review: RSA polishes its smart token system with Web-based management tools that improve SecureID’s small office/branch office potential. “Overall, we like the SecurID Appliance from a security standpoint, but it’s still a bit unwieldy when it comes to management across multiple SOBOs.” The news beat: After another service outage Salesforce.com takes a hit on Wall Street, BlackBerry reaches the 5 million subscriber milestone, the U.S. marks a new cell phone record in 2005, and a domain registrar exposes customer data. Technology Industry