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Twitter phishing attacks caught some users off-guard this week, and some expressed surprise that such attacks remain effective.

Against Monopoly: "Does filesharing reduce profits of the music industry? This paper claims so, and that should not be that much of a surprise."

For Jim Lynch, Microsoft's latest OS turns out to be a pleasant surprise.

Cyber Cynic: "There's no surprise here. Microsoft Office is a set of security holes that masquerades as an office suite."

Jamie's Random Musings: "It should be no surprise to anyone that it runs like a terminally ill DOG under Vista - anyone who uses Vistaster on an Atom CPU must be a masochist."

Linux.com: "Colleges and universities have long been proficient contributors to free and open source software projects, dating back to the early days of the Internet, so it should come as no surprise that they create open source software no meet their own operational needs.

One of the biggest fields is online courseware..."

Khaotic Musings: "I can't say I share this surprise. At no point did Asus switch sides."

After years of languishing out of the public spotlight, Via Technologies may finally receive some mainstream attention.

Phoronix: "There are also other updated packages from Debian like GNOME 2.27, but most notable are the kernel and compiler updates.

We have tested out Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 and compared its performance to Ubuntu 9.04. While this is very early within the Ubuntu 9.10 development cycle, the results already may come as a surprise."

MakeTechEasier: "To my surprise, it didn't work. Each one could get online when they were the only computer connected, but as soon as I tried connecting both through a hub, it failed.

It was then that I began learning the world of IP addresses."