Best of the blogs: Ed Foster, in Paying taxes on software, strikes forth with a new facet of the First Sale debate, this time asking why, since vendors insist that we merely license software rather than actually buy it, does IT still have to pay taxes on it? Perhaps it’s because the collective IT allows software suppliers to get away with it. Special Report: IT security arms race heats up. With organized crime sponsoring professionally-written programs created to steal identities, conduct corporate espionage, break into restricted Web sites and, ultimately, reap money, the security stakes for IT are higher than ever. IT under siege examines the most dangerous threats, and Malware matures into control-hungry menace recounts the history of malicious code, dating back to the very first worm, a rogue program dubbed Creeper. SMBs: IBM debuted new servers targeted at SMBs, and equipped the machines with faster hot-swappable drives and redundant power supplies. Symantec added new security applications that Oliver Rist thinks small and mid-size companies ought to know about. Rist doesn’t neglect Symantec competitors, either. Mobile computing: HP announced a few new iPaqs and a portable Wi-Fi printer. Motorola won a GSM Association-sponsored competition to build a cell phone that carries a wholesale price less than $30, designed for poor countries. Technology Industry