Security: While fixing the PC of a college kid who just can’t resist an online Texas hold ’em hand, Roger Grimes discovered that the student’s computer had been infiltrated with a Trojan that was recording his cards while he played different hands and sending that information to monitoring, a.k.a cheating, users. As a result, the kid had been on something of a losing streak. Grimes also props open the hood and peers into Windows Vista and IE 7 to find something old and something new with Microsoft security. Columnists’ Corner: As business and IT units within companies work more closely than ever, it’s important for technology to remember one thing: Keep IT simple. Even among top brass, complex presentations and explanations will only make eyes glaze over. And another thing, David Margulius writes in From the Analysts, perception almost always trumps reality in the IT realm. Best of the blogs: Ed Foster theorizes that product purchase receipts are somehow being funneled into another dimension. How else can one explain the frequency with which vendors maintain that rebate-seekers’ receipts have simply disappeared (this week it’s NetGear making such a claim), thereby disqualifying the customer from collecting his or her deserved rebate? Mario Apicella asks Who will conquer the entry-level tape market? SOA: Based on IBM’s purchase of DataPower, Dave Linthicum speculates that Big Blue is ostensibly “mixing one hell of an SOA cocktail in the back,” and that “IBM is out to corner the market on SOA and integration technology.” That might inspire rivals HP, Sun and Microsoft to kick into a higher gear and accelerate consolidation, but Linthicum is not sure whether that is a good thing or bad. Technology Industry