March 2, 2004

Were Worm Outbreaks Sparked by Dueling Hackers? Information Week - Security analysts are asking themselves whether the wave of malicious worms that began traversing the Internet Friday and continued their blitz Tuesday was a coordinated attack or mischievous coincidence. No question it has been a deluge of worms. Seven variations of Bagle and two of Netsky surfaced in the last five days. Was the flood just happenstance? Or was there something more devious behind the surge? The answer, said security experts, is a bit of both, with some fighting over hacker turf thrown in for good measure. 10:44:00 PM

After Its Bid For Disney, Comcast Hits Pause Button New York Times - Three weeks ago, the company raised expectations for change at Walt Disney when Comcast made a $54 billion unsolicited takeover bid. Now the biggest debate at Disney is not over whether Comcast, the giant cable operator, will own the company but whether Michael D. Eisner, the chairman and chief executive, should be allowed to keep both titles. 10:41:17 PM

Mars Rover Finds Signs of Ancient Water Washington Post - NASA scientists said yesterday that the robot explorer Opportunity has discovered evidence that liquid water once soaked part of Mars for some period of time, increasing the possibility that the planet might once have supported life as it is known on Earth. 9:53:19 PM