Top Republicans Break With Bush on Iraq Strategy. Senior Republicans have begun disagreeing with President Bush over the high-profile planning for war with Iraq, saying that no need has been proven. By Todd S. Purdum and Patrick E. Tyler. [New York Times: Politics]

You know thoose “Send Error Report” pop-ups that one gets on windows xp when an application crashes or hangs? The people who make the prorgams that crash can get thier Crash Data now.

Speech by the Honorable Howard L. Berman to the Computer and Communications Industry Association Regarding Solutions to Peer to Peer Piracy [lnk.to]

MS soft-pedals SSL hole. Hardly a problem, the way they tell it. [The Register]

The way the vuln was trumped up in the media, anyone on the internet could get you. The reality is that it’s not so simple and the point of responsible reporting still rings true. In the end however,  I’d still would like to see issues get solved much faster at Microsoft,

Apple gives break to multi-Mac homes. Have more than one Mac at home? Apple offers a licensing program for the newest version of OS X, also known as Jaguar. [CNET News.com]

The Real Question here how the pricing for thier online service works. Is this like the free AOL cd?

Is Voice Chatting Via IM Illegal in India?
In an argument motivated by protecting their new-found Internet telephony revenues, ISPs claim that voice chatting on MSN’s and Yahoo’s instant messengers isn’t legal. [Wired]

Hooters mulls Vanguard Airlines. – Aug. 15, 2002 [lnk.to]

Washington Post: Mutant Gene Responsible for Speech? [Slashdot]

Technology Review: Push-Button Innovation. Michael Schrage. Innovation isn’t what companies do; it’s what customers adopt. In fact, the telecom sector remains a fabulous market for innovative uses of bandwidth. But innovation shouldn’t mean getting people to use more bandwidth; it should be about getting people to change their bandwidth behaviors. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Fujitsu to Eliminate 2,100 Jobs. Fujitsu is cutting 2,100 jobs, or about 1.2 percent of its global work force, at four plants that make circuit boards and other components, the latest in a drove of job cuts at the Japanese electronics maker. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]