Thursday, July 17, 2003

Rumsfeld's personal spy ring. The defense secretary couldn't count on the CIA or the State Department to provide a pretext for war in Iraq. So he created a new agency that would tell him what he wanted to hear. [Salon.com] 10:39:44 AM

Cheney must go. In a letter to President Bush, a group of CIA veterans charge the vice president drove the U.S. to war with a "campaign of deceit" -- and call for his head. [Salon.com] 10:39:29 AM

America's Army released for Mac OS X. America's Army is now ready for Mac OS X, and can be downloaded from the official Web site. A product of the U.S. Army itself, America's Army is a 3D virtual simulation of what it's like to train and combat as part of America's military. The game is based on the same underpinnings as MacSoft's recently released Unreal Tournament 2003, and, in fact, the Mac developer is the same Ryan Gordon who worked on MacSoft's title. The version ready for release to OS X users is v1.7. [MacCentral] 10:39:03 AM

Service tunes 56Kbps modems up to 784Kbps. Instant broadband - for a fee [The Register] 10:32:19 AM

Apple's Manhattan Freak Show. Lacking a stemwinder by Steve Jobs and facing the reality that this is probably Macworld's last go-round in New York, attendees are living in the moment and turning this expo into a spontaneous free-for-all. Michelle Delio reports from New York. [Wired News] 10:31:02 AM

Can an MP3 Glutton Savor a Tune?. Shoveling ever more music onto CD shelves and computer hard drives has become almost a quest unto itself. By Rogier Van Bakel. [New York Times: Technology] 10:30:16 AM

Exploding Universe of Web Addresses. In the future, everything from automobiles to home appliances will be connected to the Internet. How does one keep track of it all? By Jeffrey Selingo. [New York Times: Technology] 10:30:05 AM