June 5, 2003

Update on the Mass Grave with 200 children found in northern Iraq: It seems the children might have been buried alive. If it was ever all about oil, then it changed after the war.  It is now clearly about liberating the Iraqi people.  I just hope they have the strength to stay liberated.  4:33:09 PM

Up to 40 Taliban guerrillas are "not a problem anymore".  2880 virgins await.   3:37:47 PM

Google wins search rankings case Out-Law.com, UK -  A lawsuit that accused Google of manipulating its page ranking system has been thrown out by a US court. It was filed by SearchKing, a web host and search engine, and argued that Google deliberately made changes to its PageRank system to remove SearchKing’s web sites from top search rankings. The court took the view that the rankings created by PageRank were “fundamentally subjective in nature” and, according to court documents, “PageRanks are opinions - opinions of the significance of particular websites as they correspond to a search query". 9:08:49 AM

Glitch wipes out firearms records CANADA.COM - A computer crash in the federal firearms registry last December may have permanently wiped out the records of gun owners who thought they had successfully applied for registration certificates, Solicitor General Wayne Easter said yesterday. 6:46:34 AM

SCO reopens German Web site CNET News.com - SCO Group reopened its German Web site Wednesday in modified form, the company said. SCO had taken the entire site offline May 30 in response to a judge's temporary restraining order resulting from accusations that SCO's actions regarding the Linux operating system were unfair competition. 6:43:39 AM

Ballmer says IBM is chief rival San Jose Mercury News - In a long e-mail message to Microsoft employees Wednesday, Chief Executive Steven A. Ballmer singled out IBM as the company's chief corporate rival and the rise of free software like Linux as a threat to Microsoft's lucrative portfolio of products. 6:41:48 AM