September 16, 2002

Welcome to McDonald's. Would you like virtual fries with that digital Big Mac? No. 1 video game publisher Electronic Arts said on Monday that it has struck multimillion-dollar product placement deals with fast-food giant McDonald's and chip heavyweight Intel for its heavily anticipated life-simulation game "The Sims Online." 8:22:42 PM

Serious new worm targets Linux/Apache servers A NEW WORM with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) capabilities and the ability to grant hackers backdoor access to remote systems is being actively propagated across the Internet, according to Internet Security Systems. [ InfoWorld ] 8:46:33 AM

Nationally syndicated Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene resigned after acknowledging he had engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a teenage girl, the newspaper said yesterday. [ Boston Globe Online ] 8:43:45 AM

Going Online to Buy a Car. As car makers roll out the 2003 models, the Internet is emerging as an important sales channel. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology] 8:37:11 AM

Private Info Becoming Plane Truth. Soon, when travelers pass through an airport's security system, a powerful database will scan their records and rank their terrorist potential. Not surprisingly, some worry the system's not foolproof. By Elliot Borin. [Wired News] 8:36:12 AM