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Copyright Business Wire 2009. Gostkowski ranks first in scoring per game, with 73 points in eight games, and is on pace to become only the second player in NFL history to score 500 points in his first four seasons in the league.Second, he managed to neutralize the Dolphins' Ted Ginn Jr., who had returned two kickoffs, each over 100 yards, for touchdowns just a week before. Remarkably, after an offside penalty on James Sanders wiped out a touchback, Gostkowski, backed up to his 25, kicked the ball even farther the second time, again recording a touchback, and keeping Ginn off the field.Finally, even on Ginn's longest return, it was Gostkowski whocorralled Ginn out of bounds, stopping a potential touchdown from even reaching Miami's 40. Gostkowski's willingness to mix it up on returns is no surprise; in the season opener against Buffalo, Gostkowski, jumping in long after the scrum had formed, recovered Leodis McKelvin's fourth-quarter fumble to set up the game-winning drive.The most remarkable thing about the 25-year-old Gostkowski, though, is that recent history suggests he might still get better. The vast majority of players who have converted at a higher rate have done so after their 30th birthdays.An even scarier thought is that kickers can play well into their 40s: New Orleans Saints kicker John Carney is 45.Fortunately or unfortunately for New England, Gostkowski's four-year rookie deal runs out this year. Mike Reiss, when he was with the Boston Globe, predicted that as a free agent, Gostkowski could earn about $3 million a year, which would make him one of the highest-paid kickers in NFL history. If he does reach the free market, it wouldn't be surprising at all to see Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos make a serious effort to sign Gostkowski, kicking Matt Prater to the curb.

Although Adam Vinatieri is signed through 2010, there is no guarantee the Colts will keep him around next year. Vinatieri's inability to handle kickoffs has already forced Indianapolis to bring in a kickoff specialist. The thought of possibly replacing Vinatieri with Gostkowski would have to appeal to them.Things may not reach that point, though.If 2010 is uncapped, then Gostkowski, with his four years of service, will only be a restricted free agent. The Patriots could then offer him a tender of $2.4 million, which would require a team to cough up a first-round draft pick if they signed him away, or the highest tender, of $3 million, which would require first- and third-round picks. Either tender would likely keep Gostkowski in New England; as good as Gostkowski is, he isn't worth $3 million per year and a first-round draft pick.And in a rather perverse twist, the Patriots might actually be best off slapping the franchise tag on Gostkowski as they did with Vinatieri.

Thus, they would save money and get a higher return if they couldn't keep him. (This would, of course, require that they reach satisfactory arrangements with their other priority free agents, defensive tackle Vince Wilfork and guard Logan Mankins.)The best solution for Patriots fans, of course, would be a long-term deal that keeps Gostkowski in Patriot blue, and piling points on the scoreboard, for years to come About four months from now, we'll know what happens.. SUNNYVALE, Calif.(Business Wire)Substantial growth in user generated content has opened new opportunities forInternet security threats, according to a new report by Commtouch(Nasdaq:CTCH). The fourth quarter 2008 Internet Threats Trend Report, releasedtoday, is based on the automated analysis of billions of email messages and Websites in real-time at Commtouchs Global Detection Centers. Spam levels averaged 72 of all email traffic throughout the quarter, fallingbriefly to 59 following the McColo closing in November. An average of 301,000 zombies were newly activated each day for the purpose ofmalicious activity. Spammers continue to exploit legitimate sites like Google docs to bypasscontent filtering systems."With user generated content on blogs, file sharing platforms and socialnetworks having experienced huge growth over the last few years, spammers andmalicious script writers are finding new ways to engage users," said Amir Lev,chief technology officer of Commtouch.

"An increasing number of blended threatshave emerged as new opportunities to infect users machines have arisen. Thesekinds of sites have become targets for new, more elaborative schemes, and users,vendors and service providers must beware and employ protection measures." Commtouch Recurrent Pattern Detection and GlobalView technologies identify andblock messaging and Web security threats, including increasingly maliciousmalware and phishing outbreaks. Commtouch messaging security technologies wererecently awarded the 2008 European Messaging Security Technology Innovation ofthe Year Award by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. Commtouch also ranked Number 32on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2008 and seventh on the IsraelTechnology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms inIsrael.