White House-Senate split widens over Iraq. Three high-ranking moderates in the U.S. Senate say it might be enough to disarm Saddam. But the White House presses for regime change “in whatever form it takes.” [Salon.com]

If you like Bejeweled and Boggle and have anything at all you need to get done this week, then you probably shouldn’t play PopCap’s Bookworm. [TheFlangyNews News]

Scuffles at key Palestinian’s trial. Police break up scuffles at Marwan Barghouti’s murder trial in Israel¸ as lawyers for the prominent Palestinian leader resign. [BBC News | WORLD]

Microsoft Reports Progress in Averting Computer Crashes. Microsoft released data about its Watson online error-reporting service, which the company says has had a significant impact on increasing the stability of its software. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

Software sales to outpace PC growth. Growth opportunities [The Register]

Microsoft posts four security alerts. The bulletins relate to its Windows operating system and SQL Server database software, and bring to 57 the number of alerts issued this year. [CNET News.com]