MONDAY ROUNDUP


VIRUS ALERT!!!
PC WORLD WARNS of a new worm, called "Mimail.C" which comes in an attachment under the innocent subject heading "OUR PERSONAL PHOTOS." Once infected, your computer will launch denial of service attacks against anti-spam sites (evil bastards).

So be sure to delete the attachment, and update your AVGs, folks.

XBOX GOES IBM
Microsoft announces that the next generation XBox will be powered by IBM chips instead of Intel. And considering that the next generation MACS will be powered by IBM as well, does this represent a shift in the paradigm?
Enquiring minds want to know.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
SETI thinks ET will phone home in our lifetime.


IT'S ALL OUR FAULT
Bill Gates tells itbusiness.com that if people don't have firewalls on their computers, they've got nobody to blame but themselves for holes in Windows security.

That's what controlling 95% of the marketshare allows you to say, folks.

PRESS ONE, NOW - PRESS TWO, NOW - PLEASE HOLD
As a public service, E-R presents CNN Money's Column on how to get out of recorded message loops ("press one, now") and to a live voice.

IT'S HURTS WHEN I DO THAT
BBC News has a report about a new ailment known as "Nintendoitis."

ABANDON IN PLACE
CNN Tech reports that the Internet is "littered" with abandoned and out of date websites as users simply lose interest.

ON THE RISE
The Gray Old Lady reports that Technology Spending is finally on the rise as investors shed their skittishness about another "dot bomb."

A LIFE OF SERVICE
The RIAA is going after more college tuition.

SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER
On this date in history, Laika, the first space dog, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Thanks to LEOVILLE for this space update.