LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS

New incubator fund to boost Arab tech start-ups
http://www.arabia.com/tech/article/english/0,1690,83120,00.html

Blind get new gateway to labor market
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/13%5F10%5F01/art17.htm

Motorola hopes GPRS is next big thing
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/business/10%5F09%5F01%5Fb.htm


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ANTHRAX Worm Fails To Spread
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66423,tk,dn101701X,00.asp

Do Windows XP And AOL Play Nicely?
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66524,tk,dn101701X,00.asp

Simulated Cyberattack Provides Tips
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66624,tk,dn101801X,00.asp

Panel Questions Need To Trade Privacy For Security
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66684,tk,dn101801X,00.asp

Controversial Encryption Plan Abandoned
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67003,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

Where's E911? Nowhere to Be Found
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,47706,00.html

Who Counts Better, MSN or Yahoo?
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47668,00.html

Congress Opens Door To Internet Taxes
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67128,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

Companies Urged To Report Computer Sabotage
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67023,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

EXCITE@HOME Resumes Serving New Customers
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66444,tk,dn101701X,00.asp

Optics Could Push Chips Beyond 10GHZ
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66464,tk,dn101701X,00.asp

PC Shipements Slip Into Recession
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66563,tk,dn101801X,00.asp

Memoey Prices Continue Freefall
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67124,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

A Good Time to Be a Monopoly
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47667,00.html

AT&T Joins Prepaid Net Access Crowd
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66690,tk,dn101801X,00.asp

Intel Drops Consumer Electronics Division
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,66983,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

Microsoft Chastens Bug Finders
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67132,tk,dn101901X,00.asp

Surprise: E-Biz is Doing Fine
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47671,00.html

Music Rights Battle Spins On
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47632,00.html

Tricky E-Voting Comes to Oz
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47658,00.html