6. : A sophisticated network of compromised computers known as the Bahama botnot is causing click fraud for online advertisers, but in what is perhaps an even cheekier aspect of its nefarious work, the botnet is stealing Web traffic, and therefore revenue, from Google.

7. : Gary McKinnon cannot appeal his extradition to the U.S. to the U.K.'s Supreme Court, the U.K. High Court ruled in a decision that leaves the British hacker with fewer legal options. McKinnon has admitted that he broke into U.S. military and NASA computers, saying he was looking for evidence of UFOs.

8. : Oracle CEO Larry Ellison turned his trademark sarcastic sense of humor toward Salesforce.com, calling its software an "itty bitty" application that relies on Oracle's middleware. In an interesting twist, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is supposed to speak at Oracle OpenWorld next week. Although the CEOs had a falling out sometime ago, Salesforce.com is a sponsor of the Oracle show this year and Benioff's speech may have been seen as an indication that the hatchet had been buried. But, maybe not.

9. and : Many IT professionals will have their eyes on OpenWorld, hoping to get a better sense of Oracle's plans for Java after its acquisition of Sun Microsystems closes. Undoubtedly, there will be plenty of other news from the conference, too.

10. : Tuesday could be a grim day for systems administrators and the like as Microsoft has given notice that it will release its biggest ever slew of security patches.