Yes, it has been pointed out to us. A number of participants have noticed that email addresses are being displayed some places in the community. We don't want that, and we have a fix.

Some new accounts, and some accounts that were migrated from our earlier forums, don't have 'Nicknames' chosen by the member. In that case, the community is displaying the member's email address on their comments and profile pages.

To fix that, visit our login page and go ahead and choose a nickname -- the system will update your posts appropriately.

As always, if you encounter any further problems, let us know, here, or via email at editor@channelweb.com.

As I write this, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is the #4 most used browser among visitors to crn.com this week, with over 5% of our visitors using it. That's up from #5 with week before, and #7 the week prior to that. With more than our share of early adopters, that's not too surprising, but what will it take for you to use it?  Lifehacker likes IE 8's search tools for power users; and PC World calls it a huge improvement; but our Ed Moltzen says Microsoft needs a lesson about the benefits of standards-compliance:

"When IE 8 dropped on Thursday, many in the development community rushed to download it, install it and try it out on the Acid 3 Test, developed by The Web Standards Project.  All over the world, the score was turning up the same for almost everyone. Out of a possible score of 100, IE 8 rang up 20."

Over at Information Week, Dave Methvin sees only a "small market opportunity," for IE8, for now...

"Its best chance of gaining users is to take advantage of Windows 7, which puts even more pressure on Microsoft's new OS to be a success."

Some of our Channelweb readers have already reported in, also. "Installed it.  Removed it and went back to IE7 3 hours later." A second added, "I lost all my links and icons.  Microsoft needs to make a product that works..."  Of course, happy users are less likely to write. (Though by all means, do!) In the meantime, we'll keep an eye on the stats.

Each year, the Channel Test Center assembles the "Ultimate PC" -- a state of the art high-performance workstation built entirely of off-the-shelf, industry standard components. This year's model came in at under $9,000 and was still able to outperform everything that's come before, and even some of the latest blade server offerings. In the cover story of this week's CRN Tech, Brian Sheinberg details how each component was chosen and integrated, starting with the Intel Core i7,  "Nehalem" CPU:

"When Intel released its Core i7 processor... performance testing showed it was the most powerful CPU of any kind the Test Center had ever seen. Designing a system around the high-end Core i7 965 Extreme, at 3.2GHz, seemed like a good place to start. "

Our Solution Provider '09' show opened for business in New Orleans yesterday evening. Early sessions focused on what CIOs want from VARs, and  solution provider employee issues. We also take a look at how one solution provider rebuilt his business in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and at some hot products expected at the show.

Keep an eye on our home page for show news and announcements all week. Also, to keep up with events as they happen, keep an eye on the Channelweb Twitter feed, and the official show Twitter feed. To keep track of other Twitter users who are talking about Solution Provider '09, try this Twitter search.