An IT jokebook

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Jan 23, 20082 mins

From the feature well: InfoWorld is on the prowl for the best IT humor we can find which, in turn, we’ll use to compile for all to see come March 31. Indeed, that’s right in time for April Fool’s Day, so send us your best jokes by the Ides of March, to jokes@infoworld.com. Audio and video submissions are welcome, too.

The news beat: The W3C issues a draft specification for HTML 5 that, the group claims, will bring the standard in line with current usage practices and add new features for rich Internet applications. IBM buys AptSoft and plans to place the acquired complex event processing (CEP) technology into its WebSphere lineup as a way to boost SOA. RIM touts a software upgrade, due in the first half of this year, that adds messaging, manageability and security. And Mozilla says that a Firefox flaw could enable attackers to access data on a victim’s PC.

Careers: Back in December, a reader wrote in to Bob Lewis seeking counsel after hearing that his boss was actively looking to replace him. Since then, our reader landed a new job he’s excited about but during the exit interview HR pressed hard to find out the reason he was leaving. “Congratulations, you handled it perfectly,” Lewis maintains in How an Advice Line situation turned out. “Explaining the reason for your departure would have nothing but downside in it for you.”