Daily news beat for July 29, 2008

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Jul 29, 20081 min

The tale of two busted spammers. A reporter tracks down a pair of professional spammers to learn about how they harvest email addresses, and finds out how little regard they have for the CAN-SPAM Act.

Oracle warns of a dangerous WebLogic flaw that can result in “compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted system,” the company explained, and the problem scores a 10.0, the most serious rating on the CVSS scale.

Dell details an ultra-small desktop, the Studio Hybrid, which it claims is 80 percent smaller than traditional towers and uses 70 percent less power.

As Alcatel-Lucent revenue declines, both the CEO and chairman step down, though they said performance was not the reason they’re leaving the company.

And after showing up at what resembled a big dirt pit packed with trash, our Off the Record author, with cause to be wary, met a skeptical greeting from two EPA agents demanding he restore data from a backup. “It was equal parts scary and dumb.” Watch out for the men in blue.