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Headlines from around the Web for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
Compiled by Melanie Bender

Maryland Relents, Says OK to Real ID

The Baltimore Sun

Bowing to federal pressure to crack down on undocumented immigrants, the O'Malley administration announced yesterday that in two years it would begin requiring all driver's license applicants to present a birth certificate, passport or some other documentation to prove they are legal residents of the United States.

Cyber-Espionage Moves into B2B

InfoWorld

The practice of cyber-espionage is rapidly moving beyond the government sector and finding its way into the world of international business, according to experts with SANS Institute, one of the world's top IT security training organizations.

Young Workers Not to Blame for IT Retention Problems, Industry Veterans Say

NetworkWorld

Scores of NetworkWorld readers challenged an article discussing the results of a survey that found young workers to be the biggest challenge to IT staff retention. Respondents claimed the nature of the global ecoonomy and events of the past few years have taught young workers to put their interests before those of their employers.

Could Post-Ballot Audits Renew Faith in U.S. Elections?

ComputerWorld

A post-election review of a random group of e-voting machines from voting precincts in a state, along with a hand count of the accompanying paper ballots or voter-verified paper records to be sure that the paper records and the machine counts coincide exactly could ensure that the machines are properly recording the votes, and perhaps reassure a skeptical public.

Corporate IT Almost Ready for Online Backup, IDC Says

ComputerWorld

The inability of large enterprises to control exploding data growth over the next few years will fuel rapidly increasing corporate use of hosted backup services, according to an IDC report released last week.

Colorado Officials Lean Toward Paper Ballots After Electronic Machines Tossed

The Denver Post

Colorado officials are leaning toward abandoning the electronic voting terminals that have thrown the state's election system into turmoil and are instead looking at using only paper ballots for this year's elections. But still up in the air is how those ballots will be delivered â€" either by mail or at polling places.

SSN's Visible in Mailing Due to Folding Error

Government Technology

The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced Tuesday that a folding error may have caused some Social Security numbers printed on the Form 1099-G to be visible in the envelope window. Up to 5,000 taxpayers in some Northeast communities have been notified.