Mayor Giuliani Endorses Bloomberg. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani endorsed Republican mayoral hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Saturday, and the media billionaire promised to follow in Giuliani's footsteps and build on his accomplishments. "I'm very very confident that the city would be in absolutely wonderful hands in the hands of Mike Bloomberg," Giuliani told reporters on the steps of City Hall. Bloomberg has spent $41 million of his own money on the campaign so far, spokesman Ed Skyler said. Democratic mayoral candidate Mark Green has spent about $9 million, according to the latest campaign finance report. Giuliani said he was willing to campaign with Bloomberg and appear in television commercials for him before the Nov. 6 election. [TeamGOP.com]

Mass. Co. (Groove) Collaborating With Microsoft. Washington Post Oct 28 2001 11:28PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Microsoft Must Really Need Competition. WebTalkGuys Radio Oct 28 2001 11:22PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Memorial Service Held at Ground Zero for Families, Workers. The sounds of melodious song and mournful prayer filled the crisp, brilliant autumn air, still thick with the stench of smoky rubble, as grieving families and city workers gathered Sunday where the World Trade Center once stood. They were there to remember those they had lost, to embrace, to weep, and to grasp at any strands of closure or solace they could find. "We come to you this afternoon as your children who are hurting," began the blessing of New York Archbishop Edward Cardinal Egan, who delivered a poetic eulogy to the victims of the tragedy. The Sunday afternoon memorial service at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan was the first time family members of the nearly 5,000 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks came together in one place -- and the closest most had been to the site where their relatives died. [TeamGOP.com]

Here's a Windows XP PowerToys FAQ.

How the techies rate XP. The Times Oct 28 2001 8:25PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Low-end Sun server aimed at Intel. The company will debut a new eight-processor server Monday as part of its successful effort so far to keep Microsoft and Intel from extending their dominance in the desktop market into higher-end systems. [CNET News.com]

Potter star unstirred by books. Daniel Radcliffe, star of the movie version of the Harry Potter stories, says he was not impressed with the tales when he read them. [BBC News: uk]

Wow, Adam gets something very interesting started. "If the MTV brass didn't hate me by then (I'd been on air for 3 years already) then they certainly saw I could be the largest pain in the ass."   [Scripting News]

Malaysia: Pirated WinXP available for under $3 (RM10) [Robot Wisdom]

Business: | BUSINESS | United Airlines boss quits. 13:34 ET - BBC [NewsBlip.com]

SSSCA Hearings Postponed [Geeknews]

Jakob Nielsen: "I discovered this major selling argument for XP, not from Microsoft's mighty marketing machine, but through a small link on Dave Winer's site."[JY's weblog]

Microsoft hackers reached key programmes. The New Zealand Herald Oct 28 2001 10:50AM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Styles XP Beta 2 Released [BetaNews.Com]