September 25, 2002

Blair fails to rally others against Iraq Dispatch Online - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's detailed dossier on Iraq's weapons program and claims that it poses an immediate world threat failed yesterday to convince wavering allies and analysts 7:24:45 PM

Prices fall for CD-rewritable drives. Shipments of CD-rewritable drives jump to unexpected levels, while sales suffer--a combination that could mean a happy holiday season for price-minded consumers. [CNET News.com] 7:20:57 PM

E-mails allowed in 'shoe bomb' case  A federal judge said Wednesday he will allow the use of e-mails from Richard Reid, charged with trying to detonate bombs in his shoes during a trans-Atlantic flight, to be used as evidence at trial.  [CNN - LAW] 7:19:16 PM

Kazaa improves software InfoWorld - COMING AS A one-two punch at the piracy-plagued music industry, Sharman Networks Monday released a new version of its popular peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file-swapping software Kazaa, giving users enhanced swapping capabilities. 9:34:49 AM

CDC chief Dr. Julie Gerberding testifies Tuesday before a Senate panel on West Nile. Atlanta Journal Constitution - A West Nile vaccine will be ready for testing within months but may not be commercially available for three years, while a procedure to detect the virus in the blood supply is a year away, federal health officials told a Senate hearing Tuesday. 9:07:24 AM

Seven Killed in Pakistan Shooting Hartford Courant - Gunmen entered the offices of a Christian welfare organization in the southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, tying office workers to their chairs and shooting each of them in the head. 9:05:51 AM

New Linux Worm Found in the Wild Slashdot - The worms, Slapper.B and Slapper.C, which exploits a known buffer overrun vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer 2.0 (SSLv2) handshake process has infected thousands of Web servers worldwide, according to Helsinki-based F-Secure Corp. 9:01:45 AM

French troops reach battle-torn Ivory Coast city Reuters - French troops on a mission to protect foreigners from a bloody military uprising in Ivory Coast arrived in the battle-torn city of Bouake on Wednesday. Laurent Gbagbo Ex-dictator dies in Ivory Coast mutiny Financial Times - Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) on Thursday night said he would cut short a visit to Italy as soon as security conditions allowed, after the west African country's former military ruler and a senior ... 8:50:10 AM

Kazaa Taunts Record Biz: Catch Us. The Kazaa file-trading network, reportedly 120 million strong, is establishing worldwide reach -- and offices around the globe. For now, there's little U.S. media companies can do about it. By Brad King. [Wired News] 8:25:19 AM