Day February 1, 2004

MyDoom shuts down SCO website The Internet’s most voracious worm ever struck again, bringing down a website operated by US software maker SCO Group after infecting over one million computers worldwide. A variant of MyDoom will attack Microsoft.com on Tuesday.

Labor rally for striking grocery workers. 1 Inglewood, CA 15,000-20,000 came, from dozens of unions and community groups, to show support for striking grocery workers. The Mayor of LA spoke, as did many other mainstream politicians, demonstrating the support this strike has…

Kerry soars, Bush slips Sen. John Kerry “holds a substantial lead over Democratic rivals in the race for the White House,” according to the latest Newsweek poll. “Meanwhile, President George W. Bush’s approval ratings have slipped to historic lows.” “Kerry…

Making the Borg look good From Boing Boing Car Talk dumps Real for WMP. The guys who run Car Talk on NPR have dumped RealMedia in favor of Windows Media Player, having gotten fed up with Real’s deceptive practices that…