Computer virus threats on the decline?. Not a bumper crop [The Register]

Wolfram Introduces “A New Kind of Scientology”

Interview: Jeff Raikes outlines the future role of Office

Linux Is Gaining a Place at Sun, in Both Strategy and New Server. Trying to blunt a growing challenge to the low end of its business, Sun Microsystems plans on introduce its first computers running the Linux operating system. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

Microsoft names the day for Xbox online. The company will hit the switch on its Xbox Live online game-playing service a year after the console was released. But the timing could let Sony steal a march. [CNET News.com]

KDE smokes MS in SSL bug fix. Hardly a surprise [The Register]

Xbox Live set for November 15 launch. MS pins console dreams on the Internet [The Register]

Japanese protest at government Net numbers scheme [NeoWin]

Lawmakers lend an ear to tech worries. Improving the economy and boosting security top the agenda at a gathering of Democrats and tech execs. Intel’s Andy Grove takes the stage, presenting a wish list to politicians. [CNET News.com]

Flash Player flaw opens Windows for attack. Macromedia warns that its multimedia file player has a vulnerability that could allow attackers to run malicious code on Windows and Unix-based operating systems. [CNET News.com]