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Thursday, July 11, 2002

Yahoo! News - Bruce, E Street Ready to Ramble:"After putting the wraps on The Rising, their first studio album together in nearly two decades, Bruce Springsteen and his cohorts are gearing up for a massive 46-city, 46-show "barnstorming tour" that's expected to see them playing gigs well into 2003."
8:48:19 PM

Shareholders sue PayPal, eBay. The merger has hit an early snag: Two shareholder lawsuits have been filed against the companies seeking to block the deal. [CNET News.com]
8:25:14 PM

Expedia snubs parent company's bid. The online travel specialist says it's doing just fine on its own, without a bigger investment from USA Interactive. [CNET News.com]
8:13:52 PM

Ad Resurgence Helps Buoy Latest Figures from Yahoo. Yahoo, the search engine turned Internet advertising hub, posted quarterly sales and profit figures that exceeded the projections of Wall Street analysts. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Technology]
8:04:16 PM

From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion:"Earlier this year Antonin Scalia decided to share some aspects of his worldview with the public. His inspiration seems to have been the death penalty: recent debates with his colleagues on the Supreme Court and his general reflections on the legitimacy of the state taking to itself the power to kill a citizen. Justice Scalia spoke on these matters at the University of Chicago Divinity School in January, beginning with the ritual disclaimer that "my views on the subject have nothing to do with how I vote in capital cases"; his remarks appeared in the May issue of First Things: The Journal of Religion and Public Life. "
8:02:42 PM

Now, the Synchronized Family. Running a family can be like running a small corporation. It makes sense, then, that some families are turning to the same scheduling software that executives use. By Peter Meyers. [New York Times: Technology]
8:00:04 PM

ZDNet - News: Flaw lets hackers pick Outlook locks - A widely used plug-in for Microsoft's Outlook e-mail client that lets users encrypt and digitally sign messages has inadvertently weakened security and left the mail program open to attack.

Security company eEye Digital Security issued a warning late Wednesday to users of Network Associates' Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) plug-in for Outlook, saying that a vulnerability in the add-on could let attackers execute malicious software on a victim's computer. Network Associates released a patch for the problem Wednesday as well.
5:12:24 PM