Linux server shipments to double next year. As x86 overtakes RISC [The Register]

Due Diligence?. ekr writes “The OpenSSL remote buffer overflows discovered at the end of July got a lot of press here on /. But how many people actually fixed their machines? … [Slashdot]

Grounded. A federal agency confirms that it maintains an air-travel blacklist of 1,000 people. Peace activists and civil libertarians fear they’re on it. [Salon.com]

US loves broadband. Untapped demand [The Register]

HIV vaccine goes to trials [lnk.to]

Microsoft SEC filing shows hideous losses except for Windows. Where – surprise – it shows hideous profits [The Register]

No more oil aid for N Korea. South Korea presses North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons programme¸ as it backs a decision to stop fuel aid to its neighbour. [BBC News | WORLD]

China hands power to ‘new generation’. Hu Jintao is the new Communist Party chief but Jiang Zemin retains far-reaching influence¸ in a sweeping leadership shake-up. [BBC News | WORLD]

PC upgrade cycle on hold, report says. There will mostly be coal in PC makers’ stockings for the fourth quarter because consumers and businesses are squeezing more out of their old computers, according to Gartner. [CNET News.com]

Must-read Fortune article on venture capital in 2002. [Scripting News]