InfoWorld: Spammers using sender authentication too, study says.
But Wong, who co-authored both the SPF and Sender ID standards, said
that stopping spam was never the intention of SPF or Sender ID. The
technology is merely a way to stop one loophole spammers use: source
address spoofing. Evidence that spammers are publishing SPF records is
a good sign, Meng said. [...]

Client-Centric Marketing: What Clients Want.
From the excellent SmartPros newsletter:
Client-Centric Marketing: What Clients Want makes a compelling case for August Aquila and Bruce Marcus's Client at the Core: Marketing and Managing Today's Professional Services Firm.
Here are some excerpts from the review's excerpts from the book:

Because clients are more sophisticated in the ways of the law and
accounting, [...]

Today's five-star site: LLRX.
Since its creation in 1996, LLRX, an innovative Webzine for legal
professionals, has remained on the cutting edge, spotting new trends,
zeroing in on key developments, and often being first to report
important news. Completely free, it is updated monthly [Robert Ambrogi's LawSites]

WSJ. Negroponte hits the claxon over Iraq. John
Negroponte, who arrived at his post in late June, described the dire
security situation in a lengthy cable sent last week to his superiors
at the U.S. State Department. The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, arguing
that the insurgency there has become more protracted than anticipated,
wants to shift more [...]

Good to great @ Macromedia.
For $1,300 you can get a one year subscription to Macromedia Devnet, which includes most of the company's web authoring tools, including Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks.
Unfortunately, Devnet does not include Robohelp and Robodemo. I
don't understand why… including these products would increase the
value, and expose more developers to more Macromedia technology. I'm
pretty [...]

Fired for Blogging.
No, not me. (But would it surprise you?) It seems that Friendster, who
had no policy at all on employee blogging, has fired Joyce Park. You
may remember her from such debates as Java vs. PHP. Or maybe her book.
Or maybe mod_pubsub (blog). Take a minute. Go read her blog. See what
you can find that's [...]

Aruba Introduces Ethernet Jack APs.
Aruba Networks introduced a new line of products including an access
point that can be mounted on the wall and plugged into any Ethernet
port: The idea is to cut deployment costs but also encourage a denser
deployment of APs. “We went into large accounts and they said they
wanted to put up large deployments [...]

The knowledge profile (KP).
A knowledge profile records skills, tools, practices and social
networks, it highlights competencies, identifies gaps, helps with
learning programs to address deficits, realize opportunities and
heighten awareness for the owner and colleagues.
KPs may focus on the individual where they form a key part of your
personal knowledge management (PKM) system or aimed at a [...]

Cable Modem 3.0. Communications, Engineering and Design Magazine has an overview of a newer, faster, cable modem standards from CableLabs.

“DOCSIS 1.0 is the Trojan Horse, and DOCSIS 1.1
is the Greek soldiers inside,” says Ryan Jones, media and entertainment
analyst for the Yankee Group. “With 1.1 you can provision different
levels of service, and [with QOS] [...]

Comcast to market new video recorder.
Starting tomorrow, Comcast Corp. will begin marketing an enhanced cable
box to New Englanders that will accelerate a revolution that is
changing television-watching habits, and the television industry
itself. The Motorola box, which includes a TiVo -style digital video
recorder, will allow millions of subscribers to watch shows on their
own schedule and skip through [...]