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July 04, 2008 Pwnie Awards Accepting Nominations A Web Exclusive from Windows IT Pro Mark Joseph Edwards Security Matters InstantDoc #99664 Windows IT Pro	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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The annual Pwnie Awards, which celebrates "the achievements and failures of security researchers and the security community," is now accepting nominations in 9 categories for this year's awards. The categories include:

Pwnie for Best Server-Side Bug
Pwnie for Best Client-Side Bug
Pwnie for Mass 0wnage
Pwnie for Most Innovative Research
Pwnie for Lamest Vendor Response
Pwnie for Most Overhyped Bug
Pwnie for Best Song
Pwnie for Most Epic FAIL (new for 2008)
Pwnie for Lifetime Achievement (new for 2008)

Head over and submit your nomination!

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