Bush to Outline Doctrine of Striking Foes First. Today, the Bush administration will publish a comprehensive explanation for shifting military strategy toward pre-emptive action against hostile states and terrorist groups. By David E. Sanger. [New York Times: Politics]

Experts say White House protocol upgrade advice is serious. Cost and red tape get in the way [The Register]

Ellison resigns from Apple board. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is stepping down from Apple Computer’s board of directors, saying he no longer has the time to devote to the company. [CNET News.com]

Gates and Ballmer Get Pay Raise. SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp.’s top two executives received 13 percent raises in the past year, with chairman Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer each earning $753,310 in salary and bonuses, the company disclosed Thursday. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

US threat to stop Iraq inspections. America threatens to stop weapons inspectors returning to Iraq unless the UN adopts a new resolution. [BBC News | WORLD]

Israeli troops besiege Arafat HQ. Israeli tanks enter Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah compound and demand the surrender of about 20 militants¸ hours after a Tel Aviv suicide bombing. [BBC News | WORLD]

EE Times: Sun sketches Infiniband plans for servers, adapter cards. [Hack the Planet]

Flaws in Microsoft VM. Fix now. Patchwork quilt [The Register]

Microsoft Opens New Facility in Northern Virginia [Microsoft Press Releases]
I went to elementry school down the street from there.

MS slammed for antitrust deal violations in XP, Win2k SPs. Can’t even comply with a toothless deal, says ProComp [The Register]
Here is the Lobby’s Report. They are upset over complete crap with the exception of the lack of help text. There should be help text inside the help center for this stuff. Even Slashdot’s comments are claiming that ProComp is full of it.