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Tech: [print version] IE flaws used to spread pop-up toolbar | CNET News.com: “An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims’ computers that triggers pop-up ads, researchers said this week. One flaw lets an attacker run a program on a victim’s machine, while the other enables malicious code to ‘cross zones,’ or run with privileges higher than normal. Together, the two issues allow for the creation of a Web site that, when visited by victims, can upload and install programs to the victim’s computer, according to two analyses of the security holes. ”

Tech: Enterprise Linux IT (Linux Enterprise Servers): NewsFactor Network - Network Security - Linux Growth Means Security Tests Ahead: “If anything causes security experts concern over Linux, it is the deployment of the open source operating system on the desktop — a festering space where clod-like imbecile users click on every brightly colored blinking message that dances across the screen. ”

Tech: Yahoo! News - Linux: Not for Everyone: “Still, while Linux vendors sing the praises of their products for across-the-board enterprise I.T. operations, a wholesale switch from Windows to Linux may not be the best move for most businesses. ‘If you are taking about basic infrastructure, such as file and print services, network routing or security, those are encapsulated operations that can move from one platform to another,’ IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky told NewsFactor. ”

Sports: SI.com - NBA - Stern indicates European expansion not in near future - Wednesday June 9, 2004 4:16AM: “The NBA won’t be expanding to Europe any time soon, commissioner David Stern indicated Tuesday at his annual NBA Finals news conference. ‘With respect to international expansion, it’s becoming clear to us that the infrastructure, meaning buildings, world-class arenas, are simply not there outside the United States yet,’ Stern said. ‘The fans in Europe have not been the beneficiaries of a building boom.’” Maybe European fans don’t like baskbetball as much as Americans do. Then again, I think basketball is pretty boring.

World: Yahoo! News - Doubts Arise on Saudi Arabia’s Stability: “The U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia has been based on a disarmingly simple proposition: In exchange for cheap Saudi oil, the United States has guaranteed the kingdom’s defense. President Franklin Roosevelt asserted in 1943 that protecting the Arab nation, and its oil, was a vital U.S. economic interest. Although the two countries have no defense treaty, the substance of Roosevelt’s policy remains intact and has served both sides well. But now doubts are arising about the stability of Saudi Arabia and the ability of the United States to come up with answers. “