I. Dutch mp3 player tax proposal (US$4.30 per GB)
   A. Taxes on other hardware (printers, copiers, faxes) and media (CDs)
   B. "Stealing Tax" equals fair compensation for and license to fileshare?
II. Microsoft
   A. Longhornx0r
      1. Bare, selective configuration competes with *NIX flexibility?
	2. Bloggers to hype longhorn via MS's invisible hand?
   B. 64 bit Office 12? Why? Why names Office 97 > 2000 > XP > 2003 > 12?
III. Verizon still sucks
   A. The saga continues: MAC address exclusion/inclusion on DSL? WTFBBQ?!
IV. Socket 754 = dead
   A. Remember when sockets WEREN'T proprietary?
   B. Remember when slot CPUs were going to change everything?
V. ThermalRight
   A. All aluminum heatsinks are gay
   B. XP-90C a worthy continuation of the SLK spirit?
      1. http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/thermalright_xp90c/index.shtml
VI. (You tell the emacs guru that you'd rather die...) *cough* Intel calls for bus standard for cell phones
   A. http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=161601973
VII. AMD promises Quad Cores by 2007, probably will make your case glow and deal 4x damage
   A. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Mar/bch20050427030231.htm
VIII. Sex offenders in FL to be tracked by GPS for life 
   A. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050502/ap_on_re_us/florida_sex_criminals
IX. USB adapter for CDMA/EV-DO 3G interweb
   A. http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/PC_Cards_%26_Antennas/EVDO_USB_Modem_by_Falcom%2C_Samba_3G_20050426259/