October 22, 2002

Microsoft smartphone to reach US next year InfoWorld - AT&T WIRELESS SAID Tuesday that its plans to make available Web-enabled smartphones running software from Microsoft in the United States in the first half of 2003. Similar phones go on sale in Europe this month. 3:23:14 PM

Account of police contact with possible sniper CNN - A letter was found near the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Ashland, Virginia, where a man was shot Saturday night. A source close to the Washington-area sniper investigation gave the following account of the communication between police and the person investigators suspect is the sniper. 12:55:57 PM

Tumor Caused "Uncontrollable" Paedophilia Discovery Channel - A 40-year-old schoolteacher developed "sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia" because of a huge brain tumour that affected his self-restraint, according to an unprecedented case reported Monday by the British publication New Scientist. 12:33:02 PM

Microsoft unleashes Office 11 on beta testers InfoWorld - MICROSOFT WILL DELIVER to selected beta testers on Tuesday an early version of its long-awaited Office 11 desktop suite that will feature versions of Word, Excel, and Access that fully support XML. 8:05:33 AM

Richmond Times Dispatch Police Probe New Shooting in Washington Area Voice of America - Police are investigating a shooting in a Maryland suburb of Washington. It was not immediately clear if the shooting is related to a string of sniper attacks that have terrorized the area since early this month. 8:02:10 AM