Twitter's security succumbs

If you have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Windows 7, today is the day for the release of the first public beta of Microsoft's new operating system. It has received good reviews so far, so you just might fall in love with the supposedly leaner OS.

Not everyone is so keen to install Windows 7, though. In fact, Sam Diaz of ZDNet elaborates at length on the reasons not to install the beta of Windows 7. Your experiences might vary, so this is a decision that only you can make. The beta download does appear to be limited to the first 2.5 million users though, so you might just want to grab it while it's available.

Microblogging site Twitter has faced its first major phishing attack. At the same time, another security issue arose in which access to some administration tools were compromised literally back-to-back. Honestly, the unauthorized access sounds like the result of a poorly implemented tool to me. Still, that hackers will even bother underscores the growing prominence of Twitter. We wrote about Twitter in the past, when Nate Westheimer of Silicon Alley Insider outlined how Twitter could be worth $1 billion.

What is your opinion on this? Could Twitter really be that valuable? In the meantime, feel free to follow me at my twitter account.  Cheers! - Paul