Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Saturday, September 20, 2003

11:22:04 PM

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1.	Is Prescott 64-bit?
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2.	Virginia Tech Terascale Cluster (photos).
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3.	Landline Numbers Can Go Mobile. Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules.
4.	VeriSign Sued Over Search Service. Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names.
5.	Old Hitler Article Stirs Debate. A blogger finds an old article in a Homes & #038; Gardens magazine that lionizes Hitler and his manse. He posts the piece on his blog -- and unleashes a debate about copyright issues and public interest on the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.
6.	Galileo: Breaking Up's Hard to Do. After more than a decade in space, the Galileo space mission is going out with a bang. But its planned crash into Jupiter is bittersweet for some NASA workers. By Suneel Ratan. By Suneel Ratan.

10:21:45 PM

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1.	W3C Objects To Royalties On ISO Country Codes
2.	Vonage Starts Charging 'Regulatory Recovery Fee'
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3.	John Walker: The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle. BTW, I'm not shedding a tear for Speak Freely; just move on to SIP.

9:21:24 PM

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1.	Hitler at Home on the Internet. The resurrection of a 1938 article on Hitler's mountain retreat has dropped squarely into the current debate over the Internet and intellectual property. By Tom Zeller.
2.	After Sales Forecast, Red Hat Shares Soar. Shares of Red Hat, the world's biggest distributor of the free Linux computer-operating system, rose nearly 18 percent. By Bloomberg News.
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3.	John Walker: The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle.
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4.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
5.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
6.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
7.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
8.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
9.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

8:21:05 PM

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1.	Microsoft "Swen" Worm Squiggles Into Sight

7:20:48 PM

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1.	Lobbying For Linux
2.	The L0tR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition

6:20:28 PM

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1.	Landline Numbers Can Go Mobile. Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules.
2.	VeriSign Sued Over Search Service. Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names.
3.	Old Hitler Article Stirs Debate. A blogger finds an old article in a Homes & #038; Gardens magazine that lionizes Hitler and his manse. He posts the piece on his blog -- and unleashes a debate about copyright issues and public interest on the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.
4.	Galileo: Breaking Up's Hard to Do. After more than a decade in space, the Galileo space mission is going out with a bang. But its planned crash into Jupiter is bittersweet for some NASA workers. By Suneel Ratan. By Suneel Ratan.

5:20:05 PM

4:19:46 PM

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1.	Bob Barr Weighs In On Trusted Computing Group
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2.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
3.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
4.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
5.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
6.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
7.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

3:19:26 PM

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1.	Groklaw Sends A Dear Darl Letter
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2.	Landline Numbers Can Go Mobile. Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules.
3.	VeriSign Sued Over Search Service. Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names.
4.	Old Hitler Article Stirs Debate. A blogger finds an old article in a Homes & #038; Gardens magazine that lionizes Hitler and his manse. He posts the piece on his blog -- and unleashes a debate about copyright issues and public interest on the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.
5.	Galileo: Breaking Up's Hard to Do. After more than a decade in space, the Galileo space mission is going out with a bang. But its planned crash into Jupiter is bittersweet for some NASA workers. By Suneel Ratan. By Suneel Ratan.

2:19:05 PM

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1.	End Of the Line for SpeakFreely: NATed to Death

1:18:46 PM

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1.	Plasma Comes Alive

12:18:27 PM

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1.	System alert: You've got worms. Wharton experts weigh in on the possible motives behind the recent spate of Internet attacks and what businesses can do to protect themselves.
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2.	Magnets To Replace Bluetooth?
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3.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
4.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
5.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
6.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
7.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
8.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

11:18:09 AM

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1.	ICANN, IAB Ask VeriSign to Suspend SiteFinder
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2.	Landline Numbers Can Go Mobile. Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules.
3.	VeriSign Sued Over Search Service. Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names.
4.	Old Hitler Article Stirs Debate. A blogger finds an old article in a Homes & #038; Gardens magazine that lionizes Hitler and his manse. He posts the piece on his blog -- and unleashes a debate about copyright issues and public interest on the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.
5.	Galileo: Breaking Up's Hard to Do. After more than a decade in space, the Galileo space mission is going out with a bang. But its planned crash into Jupiter is bittersweet for some NASA workers. By Suneel Ratan. By Suneel Ratan.

10:17:49 AM

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1.	$2.26bn Dutch telecom sell-off. The Dutch government sells off shares in telecoms group KPN for $2.26bn to US bank Citigroup.

9:17:28 AM

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1.	Low-Cal Diet Extends Life... As Long as You Don't Eat
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2.	Sun touts Fast Web Services plan. Researchers at Sun Microsystems are working on an initiative called Fast Web Services, intended to identify and solve performance problems in existing Web services standards implementations.
3.	Motorola chairman, CEO Galvin retires. SAN FRANCISCO - Motorola Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Christopher Galvin is retiring and will leave the communications equipment vendor as soon as a successor is named, the company announced Friday.
4.	JBoss joins JCP, but without J2EE certification. SAN FRANCISCO - In a warming of relations between the two companies, open source software vendor JBoss Group LLC has signed up as a member of the Java Community Process (JCP), the group that defines Sun Microsystems' Java standards.
5.	IT in permanent decline, execs worry. SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. IT industry may be in a state of permanent decline, a high-level Intel executive told an audience Thursday at Fall Intel Developer Forum. ADVERTISEMENT: AT&T-Cisco Portal Examines IP VPN Services. - The IP VPN Portal from AT&T and Cisco Systems features numerous resources and tools, including a Webcast on how to increase productivity, lower costs and extend the power of your network.
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6.	3Com losses grow. Exceptional costs
7.	Accused AOL phisher spammed the FBI. Email spoofer gets the wrong man
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8.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
9.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
10.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
11.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
12.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
13.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

8:17:07 AM

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1.	Trading Standards warn of 'unsolicited' Nodots invoice. Net services
2.	Oi! How big did you say this hard disk is?. PC users sue vendors over size claims
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3.	Landline Numbers Can Go Mobile. Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phone. It's not clear, however, how phone companies will interpret the new rules.
4.	VeriSign Sued Over Search Service. Popular Enterprises files a federal suit against VeriSign concerning the controversial Site Finder service. Popular says its similar service has been superseded by Site Finder because of VeriSign's monopoly over '.com' and '.net' domain names.
5.	Old Hitler Article Stirs Debate. A blogger finds an old article in a Homes & #038; Gardens magazine that lionizes Hitler and his manse. He posts the piece on his blog -- and unleashes a debate about copyright issues and public interest on the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.
6.	Galileo: Breaking Up's Hard to Do. After more than a decade in space, the Galileo space mission is going out with a bang. But its planned crash into Jupiter is bittersweet for some NASA workers. By Suneel Ratan. By Suneel Ratan.

7:16:46 AM

6:16:35 AM

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1.	Java Desktop System Rivals XP, OSX in Usability

5:16:15 AM

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1.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
2.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
3.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
4.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
5.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
6.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

4:15:57 AM

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1.	Turn On. Tune In. Download.. File sharing is the pot smoking of today's young. If you expect lawsuits to stop it, don't hold your breath. By Rob Walker.
2.	Students Shall Not Download. Yeah, Sure.. When it comes to downloading music or movies off the Internet, students compare it with under-age drinking: illegal, but not immoral. By Kate Zernike.
3.	Pursuing the 17th-Century Origins of the Hacker's Grail. Neal Stephenson's gargantuan 927-page historical novel, "Quicksilver," imagines a project to organize all of human knowledge. By Edward Rothstein.
4.	Motorola's Chief to Step Down. Christopher B. Galvin said he would resign, citing strategic differences with the company's board. By Leslie Wayne.
5.	Car Radio That Never Fades. Once you have locked in on something you like, you can drive forever without ever losing the digital signal of satellite radio. By Barnaby J. Feder.
6.	A Resignation at Microsoft. Richard Emerson, Microsoft's senior vice president, who oversaw acquisitions and investments, has resigned. By Bloomberg News.
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7.	Daniel Barlow: "As many people by now have the misfortune to know, one of my pet rants about Unix as a desktop OS is the lack of decent support for scripting applications. Some apps do CORBA, some apps listen on sockets, some apps reread their config file when sent certain signals, some apps you can start twice and the second instance will communicate its command line args to the first, and some apps (e.g. GNOME, KDE stuff) use some vast framework which handles it all in a you-shouldn't-care-about-the-internals way. None of them have seen pervasive uptake..."
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8.	Intel helps fingers type faster. Intel is throwing its weight behind a novel way to type messages on your mobile phone.

3:15:36 AM

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1.	PHP Usage in the Enterprise
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2.	InfoWorld: Sun touts Fast Web Services plan. Big wheel keep on turnin'.
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3.	From Cracker to Tracker. If crackers operated like the mob, David Smith would be a marked man. Smith, convicted of transmitting the Melissa virus in 1999, has been spending his prison time helping the feds hunt down other virus spreaders.
4.	(Hard Drive) Size Does Matter. A group of computer owners sues eight of the largest personal-computer makers for overstating the capacity of their hard drives. The missing storage space, the plaintiffs say, could store an extra 2,000 songs or 20,000 pictures.
5.	In Britain, Spammers Will Pay. Instead of the latest U.S. tactic in the spam war -- paying spammers not to spam-- Britain looks at the flip side the coin. A new law makes spamming a criminal act worthy of jury trials and the potential for unlimited fines.
6.	Why Stock Options Still Rule. As stock options evaporate, tech workers may realize they're left with a dead-end career and no chance to strike it rich. Look out, Microsoft, the next wave of startups is on its way. By Michael S. Malone of Wired magazine.
7.	Vegas Gung-Ho on Gambling Tech. Cashless casinos, RFID-enabled player cards and downloadable games are just a few of the innovations in the pipeline for dedicated gamblers, say participants at a gaming industry expo. Daniel Terdiman reports from Las Vegas.
8.	Windows to Power ATMs in 2005. Most U.S. banks plan to convert their ATMs to the Windows operating system by 2005. Will this move make bank customers vulnerable to malicious Internet attacks and the infamous blue screen of death? By Elisa Batista.
9.	Bidding Your Job Bon Voyage. Shipping jobs overseas saves companies money by letting them hire cheap labor, but it costs jobs at home. Outsourcing has its defenders and detractors, and a lot of them are at a Manhattan trade show. Michelle Delio reports from New York.
10.	Public Wants Biotech Food Tested. Consumers believe the FDA should verify that genetically modified foods are safe before they're offered for sale, a new study finds. The FDA says a biotech company's word is good enough. By Kristen Philipkoski.
11.	JetBlue 'Fesses Up, Quietly. Apologizing through e-mail is JetBlue's attempt to placate customers enraged at learning that the airline gave 5 million passenger records to a government contractor without informing anyone. By Ryan Singel.

2:15:18 AM

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1.	Nearing a Tax-Free Internet. Two months before a temporary ban expires, the House of Representatives passes a bill to permanently nix taxes on Internet access and traffic. Now it's up to the Senate.
2.	How Soviet Viruses May Save Us. Wanton use of antibiotics has led to new generations of superbugs, and doctors are losing the war against runaway drug-resistant bacteria. The new secret weapon: phages. By Richard Martin of Wired magazine.
3.	E-Voting Audit Ready for Public. An audit of software for the Diebold touch-screen voting machines is now complete. The report, which will be made public soon, calls for changes to address security concerns. By Kim Zetter.
4.	A Festival for the Rest of Us. Sci-fi and fantasy films, and their horrible little brother, the slasher film, have never been accorded lofty status in American pop culture. Now along comes Mania Fest, which hopes to rectify the situation. By Jason Silverman.
5.	Laying Data Traps for Isabel. Scientists are putting themselves and their instruments directly in the path of Hurricane Isabel. The goal is to capture information that will improve weather prediction. By Michelle Delio.
6.	JetBlue Shared Passenger Data. The airline admits it gave 5 million itineraries to a defense contractor last year without passengers' consent. The contractor bought more personal information on the passengers, including Social Security numbers -- for what purpose? By Ryan Singel.

1:15:06 AM

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1.	Next-gen PCMCIA: Expresscard
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2.	From Cracker to Tracker. If crackers operated like the mob, David Smith would be a marked man. Smith, convicted of transmitting the Melissa virus in 1999, has been spending his prison time helping the feds hunt down other virus spreaders.
3.	(Hard Drive) Size Does Matter. A group of computer owners sues eight of the largest personal-computer makers for overstating the capacity of their hard drives. The missing storage space, the plaintiffs say, could store an extra 2,000 songs or 20,000 pictures.
4.	In Britain, Spammers Will Pay. Instead of the latest U.S. tactic in the spam war -- paying spammers not to spam-- Britain looks at the flip side the coin. A new law makes spamming a criminal act worthy of jury trials and the potential for unlimited fines.
5.	Why Stock Options Still Rule. As stock options evaporate, tech workers may realize they're left with a dead-end career and no chance to strike it rich. Look out, Microsoft, the next wave of startups is on its way. By Michael S. Malone of Wired magazine.
6.	Vegas Gung-Ho on Gambling Tech. Cashless casinos, RFID-enabled player cards and downloadable games are just a few of the innovations in the pipeline for dedicated gamblers, say participants at a gaming industry expo. Daniel Terdiman reports from Las Vegas.
7.	Windows to Power ATMs in 2005. Most U.S. banks plan to convert their ATMs to the Windows operating system by 2005. Will this move make bank customers vulnerable to malicious Internet attacks and the infamous blue screen of death? By Elisa Batista.
8.	Bidding Your Job Bon Voyage. Shipping jobs overseas saves companies money by letting them hire cheap labor, but it costs jobs at home. Outsourcing has its defenders and detractors, and a lot of them are at a Manhattan trade show. Michelle Delio reports from New York.
9.	Public Wants Biotech Food Tested. Consumers believe the FDA should verify that genetically modified foods are safe before they're offered for sale, a new study finds. The FDA says a biotech company's word is good enough. By Kristen Philipkoski.
10.	JetBlue 'Fesses Up, Quietly. Apologizing through e-mail is JetBlue's attempt to placate customers enraged at learning that the airline gave 5 million passenger records to a government contractor without informing anyone. By Ryan Singel.

12:14:46 AM