I’m playing with the DIY Web Services Tutorial right now.
Here’s the trick to go soap instead of xmlrpc:
<% params = {“name”:”Dave”}; soap.rpc.client(“/radio”, “helloWorld”, @Params, “localhost”, 80) %>

France resists US pressure on Iraq. French President Chirac says he remains opposed to a proposed UN resolution on Iraq that threatens automatic military action. [BBC News | WORLD]

Milosevic says Srebrenica ‘made up’. Yugoslavia’s ex-leader claims the Srebrenica massacre was staged to make the Serbs look bad¸ as he opens his defence over Bosnia. [BBC News | WORLD]

Viruses are dead. Long live viruses!. What’s the next big thing? [The Register]

Windows XP version 2 mooted for 2003?. Interim release tap might get turned on again [The Register]

Profits from piracy. Evidence is mounting that cracking down on software copyright infringement may not be good for business. Case study: Microsoft in China. [Salon.com]

Why Some With HIV Are Healthier. Researchers have solved the 16-year-old mystery of why a small number of HIV patients remain healthy after contracting the virus. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]

News.Com: The new “copyspeak”. Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association. In copyspeak, there is no such thing as fair use “rights,” rather fair use is only an affirmative defense to copyright infringement and therefore not a right. But various recognized “rights” may only be asserted as affirmative defenses in a lawsuit. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Bush Moves to Ease Rift With Democrats Over Security. President Bush sounded somewhat conciliatory toward Democrats today, saying there would soon be unity on Iraq. By David Stout. [New York Times: Politics]

Senate Panel Questions Bush’s Judicial Nominee. Miguel Estrada, a staunch conservative, defended his nomination to the federal appellate court today. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Politics]