Sept. 11 and wars of the world. Osama and Saddam pose real threats, but the Bush administration may be too incompetent — and too arrogant — to stop them. [Salon.com]

Al-Qaeda blamed for Bali bombing. Al-Qaeda and allied local militants are accused by Indonesia’s defence minister of involvement in the Bali attack that killed at least 188 people. [BBC News | WORLD]

Microsoft Transfers Its Mac Manager. REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Kevin Browne, the general manager of Microsoft Corp.’s Macintosh Business Unit, is leaving to work for Xbox, Microsoft’s video game division. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

Common Talk. In Enron-ized America, why is populism such a dirty word? By James Traub. [New York Times: Politics]

Microsoft Judge Takes His Case to the Public. An anonymous reader writes “The Washington Post reports: “About 15 months after … [Slashdot]
The judge hasn’t even managed to convince slashdot that he didn’t act improperly.

Wanted: MS Mac chief. Non-smoker; diplomatic skills, thick hide an advantage [The Register]

Christian Coalition: Vote and vote conservative. [Google Top Stories]
With respect to people who have strong religious beliefs, I have trouble reading the quotes in this article without feeling sick.

Outlook Express in crypto processing flaw. Lookout Express [The Register]

Microsoft Passport boost through limited code access. Pseudo open source initiative [The Register]

Security tops list of reasons not to deploy Web Services. Future proofing [The Register]