Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. -- Mel Brooks There's Something About Miriam THIS is the model beauty six bachelors try desperately to bed in a new reality show - unaware she was born a MAN. Microsoft forgets to renew hotmail.co.uk domain D'oh! Microsoft was busy covering up an almighty cock-up last night after forgetting to renew its hotmail.co.uk domain name. Microsoft rewards virus busters Micro$cum must be sick and tired of announcing security flaws to have people write viruses that specifically target the flaw. But will this make the virus writers want to prove their point even more. APPLYING Wild West bounties to modern internet crimes, Microsoft has set aside $US5 million ($7.05 million) to pay large cash rewards to people who help authorities capture and prosecute the creators of damaging computer viruses. Microsoft's Risky Bounty Gambit Offering rewards for the heads of virus writers might only spur them on -- or cause corporate customers to demand product warranties I, Cringely: Hot Stuff Why Heat is the Enemy of Server Farms and Sometimes Less Power Means More Novell Preps For Major Battle With Red Hat Novell buying SUSE will be interesting for the Linux Industry. Novell intends to leverage its worldwide technical support and channel organizations to unseat Red Hat as the No. 1 distributor of Linux, company executives said. Will Novell's SuSE buy be death knell for OSS? Questions abound: Would a combined Novell-SuSE rival Microsoft? Is this the harbinger of death for open source software? Can Novell execute? Will Novell's ownership take it down SCO's path? Red Hat on Novell/SuSE: No Fear While many Linux users applaud the surprise marriage of Novell Inc. and SuSE Linux AG, Linux market leader Red Hat Inc. isn't ready to salute its new competitor. Sad End to Computing's Inventor So he didn't feel like his grandfather John Mauchly was in any way out of the ordinary, even though Mauchly is widely credited with having invented the computer. Sun produces monster solar flare The Sun has unleashed its largest recorded solar flare, capping 10 days of unprecedented activity for the star. The largest ever flare glares from the Sun's limb ISS Exterior Inspected in Response to Columbia Report NASA has begun inspecting the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) using existing capabilities aboard the orbital outpost and also is looking at modifying other maintenance and inspection schedules, the agency said in a report released Thursday. Tanker Truck Shutdown Via Satellite Satellite Security Systems (S3), a global provider of asset security and logistics control, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and InterState Oil Company, dramatically demonstrated the first wireless remote shutdown of a fully loaded moving petrochemical tanker truck. Startup Says Quantum Crypto Is Real Startup MagiQ Technologies Inc. yesterday announced it's shipping what appears to be the first security system based on quantum cryptography. Man ships himself across US A FORMER shipping clerk pleaded guilty in a US court today to shipping himself from New York to Dallas in a wooden cargo crate. Hoyts backs DVD rental pioneer THE video store may become a thing of the past with the launch of a new internet-based DVD home delivery service backed by Kerry Packer's film distribution operation, the Hoyts Group. (C) Shouting Red Goanna Inc. A wholly subsidiary of Screaming Blue Wombat Inc. / Avenging Green Seahorse Industries