This has to be one of the funniest things I ever saw. As always, when I’m amused, some folks are likely to be offended, but, again, as always, that doesn’t seem to make much difference. It’s really funny. — DG

GFI released a white paper to help network administrators tackle the growing problem of Trojans, which are increasingly being used to steal credit card data, passwords, and other sensitive information, and to launch electronic attacks against targeted organizations. GFI’s latest white paper outlines what Trojans are, why they pose a danger to corporate networks, and how to protect against them.

InternetNews.com reports that Microsoft gained another open source competitor in OpenGroupware.org, an open source project developing groupware server software which competes with Microsoft’s Exchange Server. OpenGroupware.org (OGo) provides server components for full office collaboration with the OpenOffice.org suite as well as other Linux and Windows groupware projects. The OGo software runs on Linux and Solaris.

JP Mobile announced a limited-time offer for existing Wireless Knowledge customers to migrate to JP Mobile’s flagship offering, SureWave Enterprise Server (SureWave). Any former Wireless Knowledge customer who migrates by September 30, 2003 will receive a special one-time, per-user credit toward the purchase of SureWave. With SureWave, users can securely access corporate groupware servers, databases and enterprise applications. Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino groupware servers are supported for accessing email and Personal Information Management (PIM) tools, such as calendar, contacts and tasks.

SEVEN announced that they have signed a VAR agreement with NEC Corporation, in which NEC will offer SEVEN’s mobile data communications software, System SEVEN, to Japanese mobile operators. The software provides subscribers with secure, real-time access to their corporate and personal data, including Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, IMAP and POP email, calendar, contacts, tasks and documents.

PC World has this article about the RID Spam Act. The RID Spam Act would require email marketers to label their messages as advertising and include valid return addresses, enable consumers to opt out of receiving commercial email, and would allow state and federal law enforcement officials and Internet service providers to prosecute and sue spammers. Some in Congress say the bill goes to far, while others say the bill doesn’t go far enough.

Trend Micro has warned computer users to remain vigilant against the latest variant of the MyLife email worm, which attempts to delete system files and data on infected machines in the last 10 minutes of every hour. Trend Micro has received reports of MyLife.M infections in several European countries and Japan since the evening of July 7, the company said in a statement. The My Life.M worm (Worm_Mylife.M ) arrives in an attachment promising to be a sexy movie clip of actress Julia Roberts or singer Shakira.

EMC Corp. announced plans to purchase storage software vendor Legato Systems in an all-stock deal worth $1.3 billion. According to Computerworld, Legato will be operated in Mountain View as a software division of EMC and led by David Wright, Legato’s current chairman and CEO. Legato brings to the table its EmailXtender product, which supports backup and recovery of enterprise email, including Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, Lotus Notes/Domino, Bloomberg Mail and Unix Sendmail, as well as instant messaging.

Voltage Security claims to have created a software program that makes encrypting email easier. News.com reports the so-called public key is derived from the sender’s email address, eliminating one step in the process. The encryption program will support Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Lotus Notes, Eudora, BlackBerry, Hotmail, and Yahoo! Mail.

InBoxer, a new type of spam fighting software, was introduced today for Microsoft Outlook users by Audiotrieve. A free InBoxer trial is now available. The product is being offered at the Web site for an introductory price of $24.95 through October 1. It has a list price of $29.95.