It's a small thing, but Microsoft's decided to go with Firefox's RSS icon, allowing the little orange "radio waves" symbol to be the defacto industry standard. I wonder if Apple will join them? Read the full story.

Some lawmakers (undoubtedly those whose districts are impacted by it) are claiming that a $3 billion to $6 billion shortfall in NASA's shuttle budget could cause it to mothball Atlantis, layoff employees, and cut the number of remaining shuttle flights from 19 to 8 and 11 missions. Read the full story.