Public asked if choosing a baby’s sex is acceptable [Independant.co.uk]

Root server DoS attack slows net. Cache for questions [The Register]

Microsoft: “Palladium is not designed to provide defenses against hardware-based attacks that originate from someone in control of the local machine.” I guess that takes care of that. [Hack the Planet]

Ten Things to Do With IIS by Matt J. Foley (iisdude@hotmail.com) [Security Focus]
Contains a number of intresting IIS5 add-ons such as URLSpellCheck, IIS ReWrite and gzip.

Microsoft, Panasonic propose (another) CD standard. HighMAT Heimat [The Register]

U.S. Says Pakistan Gave Technology to North Korea. U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Pakistan was a major supplier of critical equipment for North Korea’s newly revealed nuclear weapons program. By David E. Sanger and James Dao. [New York Times: Politics]

Sony Releases Smallest VAIO Yet. ephidryn writes “Sony Corporation has released their new VAIO laptop in Japan. … [Slashdot]

Secure Linux desktop begins shipping to UK police force. Could amount to 60,000 machines, and there’s more where that came from [The Register]

BBC Radio 4 goes bonkers, runs last year’s MS news. Over and over again… [The Register]

Microsoft, Panasonic sort media mess. The two hatch a technology designed to eliminate the difference in how PCs and consumer-electronics devices display digital files stored on a compact disc. [CNET News.com]