Microsoft Braces as Web Worm Prepares to Attack (TechNews.com): "LONDON (Reuters) - Like sharp-shooters armed and ready to fire, hundreds of thousands of computers are poised to let fly a potentially crippling data attack on a lone Web site belonging to software giant Microsoft Corp.

Starting on Saturday, August 16, each computer infected by the 'Blaster' Internet worm will begin sending packets of data several times per second to the Microsoft site in an attempt to knock it offline."