Listen to the InformationWeek Daily Podcast. In this report: IT salaries are on the way up, and Microsoft is offering Vista discounts to holiday shoppers and launching the complete version of Windows Defender. Google is letting publishers create custom searches on their own sites. Our in-depth report features privacy, security, and cybercrime, including a look at how the Hewlett-Packard "pretexting" scandal is raising questions about the twilight world of corporate intelligence. And we launch our search for the Chief of the Year--send your nominations to cjmurphy@cmp.com, or leave a message on this blog post.

Your host: Mitch Wagner.