An alert I received from the Austin American-Stateman about 3Com (COMS) acquiring of TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. (TPTI) is a single piece of positive news I have heard for a long while that enforces my belief that 3Com will survive and make a comeback. The details of the deal can be found here.

The 2006 Senate races are now up on the National Republican Senatorial Committee website. There is no open Democratic and Republican seat at the moment though things will change rather quick regarding Texas if the senior senator from the Lone Star state, Kay Bailey Hutchison, decides to jump into the governor's race in 2006. One very interesting fact one cannot miss is the green color state of Vermont with the elected Republican but turned "independent" senator Jim Jeffords, who caucuses and votes with the Democrats, infamously handed the majority control of the US Senate to the Democratic party on May 24th, 2001, less than 6 months into the 107th congress.