The new format will be available during this weekend, probably tomorrow. Don't forget the Windows update. For now, enjoy:

• Germany is the first of the European Union member countries to introduce a definitive e-passport - The biometric passport contains a digitalized photo of the holder whose data is stored in an individual code on a microchip. From euronews.net, you can also watch the video.


• Critical MS patch fixes graphics bugs - Microsoft has released a patch to address two critical vulnerabilities in Windows, both related to the processing of graphics files, that might by used by hackers to take control of vulnerable systems. The first vulnerability involves a flaw in Windows' Graphics Rendering Engine which comes into play when rendering certain malformed.. Continue reading at theregister.co.uk - Important update that you'll need to do if Windows is your OS, doesn't matter version.


• Apple sells a million videos - Apple Computer Inc. Monday said its iTunes online service has sold a million videos in under 20 days. iTunes, the most popular online music store, began selling about 2,000 music videos and episodes of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" for $1.99 October 12.
  The debut coincided with the launch of a new generation of Apple's iPod digital music player that can play video on its 2.5-inch color screen... Continue reading at cnn.com


• Net pioneers receive top honour - Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn have been awarded America's highest civilian honour. The pair have been given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, along with 12 other recipients in a ceremony at the White House. The two men co-created the basic networking protocol, called TCP/IP, that keeps the net running to this day... Continue reading at bbc.co.uk


• Personal Tech is almost a party - The performances - SimpleText and The MP3 Experiment - were part of a free, university-sponsored event called Handheld. A crowd of strangers giggled, danced and even hugged while they fooled with tools that are often blamed for keeping people apart.
  Audience members embarked on the experiment unsure of what would happen throughout the evening, but they eagerly took control when allowed to determine the music, visuals and vivacity of the show. Viewers were asked to send cell-phone or computer-text messages to a specific phone number or URL, while its organizers, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Duncan Murphy and Tim Redfern (collectively known as Family Filter) sat on a small stage controlling the performance. Software randomly paired the messages with images found using Google's image search... Continue reading at wired.com