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< 6:11:11 PM >

Tim Jarrett explains Microsoft's latest use of RSS and OPML. It's really deep, and really appreciated. I never thought I'd see the day when such a big company adopts community-developed technology, without screwing with it some way. And that Microsoft would be the one, well, that's incredible, but true. These guys are exceeding all expectations. Bravo! [Scripting News]

< 6:09:50 PM >

Tim Jarrett explains Microsoft's latest use of RSS and OPML. It's really deep, and really appreciated. I never thought I'd see the day when such a big company adopts community-developed technology, without screwing with it some way. And that Microsoft would be the one, well, that's incredible, but true. These guys are exceeding all expectations. Bravo! [Scripting News]

< 6:08:22 PM >

Key point about the Senate report on the CIA. They should disclose that they did a deal with the White House that the investigation would not look at them. In other words, everything they're saying about the CIA probably fully applies to the President. If so, then the solution is clear, vote him out of office in November. [Scripting News]

< 6:06:26 PM >

It said the payroll records of "numerous service members," including former First Lt. Bush, had been ruined in 1996 and 1997 by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service during a project to salvage deteriorating microfilm. No back-up paper copies could be found, it added in notices dated June 25.

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TNR Online | July Surprise?
The New Republic has learned that Pakistani security officials have been told they must produce HVTs by the election. According to one source in Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), "The Pakistani government is really desperate and wants to flush out bin Laden and his associates after the latest pressures from the U.S. administration to deliver before the [upcoming] U.S. elections." Introducing target dates for Al Qaeda captures is a new twist in U.S.-Pakistani counterterrorism relations--according to a recently departed intelligence official, "no timetable[s]" were discussed in 2002 or 2003--but the November election is apparently bringing a new deadline pressure to the hunt. Another official, this one from the Pakistani Interior Ministry, which is responsible for internal security, explains, "The Musharraf government has a history of rescuing the Bush administration. They now want Musharraf to bail them out when they are facing hard times in the coming elections." (These sources insisted on remaining anonymous. Under Pakistan's Official Secrets Act, an official leaking information to the press can be imprisoned for up to ten years.)

A third source, an official who works under ISI's director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, informed tnr that the Pakistanis "have been told at every level that apprehension or killing of HVTs before [the] election is [an] absolute must." What's more, this source claims that Bush administration officials have told their Pakistani counterparts they have a date in mind for announcing this achievement: "The last ten days of July deadline has been given repeatedly by visitors to Islamabad and during [ul-Haq's] meetings in Washington." Says McCormack: "I'm aware of no such comment." But according to this ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that "it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July"--the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston.

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Bloggers Suffer Burnout

Authors of some of the most popular political and general-interest weblogs are calling it quits or scaling back their sites, claiming that the pressure to post or moderate reader feedback is too much to handle. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News]

< 1:03:12 AM >

My second eBook from the folks at TidBITS is out: Take Control of Your AirPort Network covers the details on how to set up and configure a wireless network comprised of Macintoshes with tips thrown in for Windows users as well.... [GlennLog]

< 12:56:13 AM >

"The victims of your callous misbehaviour were from one of our staunch allies in Operation Enduring Freedom and were your comrades-in-arms," he wrote.

This cowboy really has not shame. It think we should celebrate his decision to sue by repeating as often as possible the quotes which violated his privacy. This guy dropped a bomb against orders that killed four people and he is worried about his privacy.

< 12:48:38 AM >

US Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge warns al-Qaeda is intent on disrupting the US presidential elections. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

< 12:48:18 AM >

AFP - A former Liberal prime minister has called on the United States government to stay out of Australian politics after comments by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on Labor's Iraq policy. [Yahoo! News - World]

< 12:39:09 AM >

LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix pleaded with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for more time to find weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Financial Times reported on Friday. [Reuters: World]

< 12:38:37 AM >

The dramatic stories defectors offered the Bush administration about Iraq's illicit weapons remain unproven. [New York Times: International]

< 12:37:39 AM >

Arts: David Bowie has undergone an emergency heart operation for an acutely blocked artery, it emerged last night. [Guardian Unlimited]

< 12:37:10 AM >

World: Senate report does not address White House responsibility for the debacle over Iraq's WMD. [Guardian Unlimited]

What a joke.

< 12:27:06 AM >

Last year's introduction of the Power Mac G5 made USB 2.0 ports standard issue. These ports complement FireWire for the connection of DV cameras, hard drives, scanners, and a variety of input devices. A number of CardBus cards now available -- called combo cards -- can add this new port type, along with additional FireWire ports, to older PowerBooks. We put four combo cards through their paces and got some unexpected results. [MacCentral]

< 12:19:56 AM >

PR Week: RSS transcends the clutter of the inbox. [Scripting News]