A really interesting article in Infoworld about the current state of .Net (which I commented on a few days ago). Most interesting of all is how part of their focus turned on to Palladium at the beginning of this year.

Palladium is a Microsoft/Intel attempt to turn the PC and all digital communications into a completely locked-in environment, with the excuse of "improving security". Potentially scary stuff.

Some Palladium info links: here, here and here.