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But there is another theory. The terrorists, perhaps tight with a buck, fine-tuned their flying skills with Microsoft's Flight Simulator. Microsoft now has a patch to remove the Twin Towers from existing versions, and will delay the next release while the company modifies the game.

Nostradamus Didn't Know Everything

He may have predicted a whole heap of things, but Nostradamus apparently had no idea that terrorists would strike the World Trade Center. Maintaining its reputation as the world's biggest hoax repository, the Internet was flush with reports of the long dead astrologer's predictions. Just like the stories about President George W. Bush's IQ, these reports are pure bunk.

AMD Is SMART

AMD is a clever company. For years its Intel-compatible chips languished while Andy Grove and company raked in billions. Then AMD proved that its chips could perform and offered excellent compatibility. Plus, the price was right. The result? A truly low-cost PC market was spawned. Now AMD wants a piece of the high-end as well, and is using some clever marketing to get it. Its newest desktop processor will be called Althon XP, as in Windows XP.

However, the biggest issue for AMD right now is its 64-bit architecture. Here, AMD is moving away from its traditional strategy of copying Intel (while adding a few bells and whistles and a lower price). The AMD 64-bit line will be backwards-compatible with 32-bit applications, but will not run applications written specifically for the Intel Itanium 64-bit line.

Palm Plan Does a Belly Flop