Thursday, October 03, 2002

White House-Senate split widens over Iraq. Three high-ranking moderates in the U.S. Senate say it might be enough to disarm Saddam. But the White House presses for regime change "in whatever form it takes." [Salon.com] 4:50:11 PM

If you like Bejeweled and Boggle and have anything at all you need to get done this week, then you probably shouldn't play PopCap's Bookworm. [TheFlangyNews News] 4:30:26 PM

Scuffles at key Palestinian's trial. Police break up scuffles at Marwan Barghouti's murder trial in Israel¸ as lawyers for the prominent Palestinian leader resign. [BBC News | WORLD] 4:29:34 PM

Microsoft Reports Progress in Averting Computer Crashes. Microsoft released data about its Watson online error-reporting service, which the company says has had a significant impact on increasing the stability of its software. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] 4:19:06 PM

Software sales to outpace PC growth. Growth opportunities [The Register] 1:55:55 PM

Microsoft posts four security alerts. The bulletins relate to its Windows operating system and SQL Server database software, and bring to 57 the number of alerts issued this year. [CNET News.com] 11:03:10 AM