The Register reports that a community site for Microsoft yet to be released Xbox has published a ‘blueprint’ sketch of the gaming device.

During the last presidential election, a good chunk of the Internet crashed — spectacularly. Web sites were brought to their knees by a combination of heavy traffic and a failed cross-country backbone line. The good news is, experts say that’s unlikely to happen again. Full story at ABCNEWS.com.

Wired News has compiled a list that ranks United States senators by how they voted on an assortment of bills related to technology.

TheStandard’s Bruno Giussani gives an overview of NTT DoCoMo’s new iMode wireless technology services, and speculates upon how the success of this product might just shift the balance of mobile telephony power to Japan.

Wired News reports that Starband Communications will become the first company to offer satellite Internet access, both upstream and downstream. Already in beta test with over ten thousand users, Starband offers 500Kbps downstream and 150Kbps upstream. Radio Shack will bundle the service with new Compaq computers.

Users of BigNet’s DSL service cry foul as the company dips into customer credit card records to charge forgotten fees dating back to January of this year.

Interactive Week reports that Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM) will acquire networking chip maker SiByte Inc. in a deal worth up to $2 billion.

Interactive Week reports that the networking giant is on a mission to convince service providers that their future lies in managing content networks for business and providing entertainment to consumers.

A Reuters item on News.com states that a three member expert panel including Vint Cerf, regarded as the “father of the Internet,” is expected to tell a Paris court today that it is technologically feasible for Yahoo to block French Internet users from its online Auction sites. It is illegal to sell or trade Nazi items in France.

From News.com: Microsoft claimed the No. 1 spot among at-home Internet users in August for the first time since March, according to a report to be released Monday.