From The Register: “Thousands of UK Web sites registered with domain name registrar NetNames had their front page redirected to a rant by hacker Fluffi Bunni this morning.”

From ZDNet: “Nintendo has finally launched its GameCube console in Japan and the reception so far has been relatively low-key.”

MSNBC is reporting that a variety of companies have pulled Microsoft Flight Simulator from their store shelves out of fears the game may have been used to help Tuesday’s terrorists’ flight training.

Linux Journal discusses the parallels between the Open Source community and the music industry.

ConsultingTimes.com has an interview with Michael A. Bego, president of Xandros, the company that is taking over Corel’s Linux distribution. He says, “The genesis of Xandros comes from Linux Global Partners [LGP]. We began looking at the Linux
market three years ago. We initially saw the problem as one of not enough applications. So we were
interested in investing in companies that would round out what would be used to fulfill the desktop. You can
have a great operating system, but if once you load it up there’s nothing to do, it’s not that great for the
normal user. So Xandros was created to fulfill the promise to offer a complete solution.”

Wired.com reports that the U.S. Senate has voted to unleash Carnivore on the Internet. FBI and other police will be able to do electronic wiretaps without court orders. More from The BBC.

CNet reports that groups of “online vandals and hackers” are split over how to respond to this week’s terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with “some Internet vigilantes calling
for an assault on perceived terrorist sites and others pleading for calm.”

ZDNet reviews Mentalix’s Pixel!FX Deluxe suite of graphics handlers for Linux. ZD likes the customer service, among other things.

From Gnome.org: “The Java-GNOME team is pleased to announce the next
release of the bindings. This release delivers native
compilation using gcj 3.0 or higher.”

From Reuters: “The video game industry, known for scenes
of cinematic mayhem, will take pains not to offend a public shocked and
grieving after terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon, but will
keep long-awaited action games flowing, executives said on Thursday.”