Mozilla is a breath of fresh air, though it takes a bit of oomph to run it properly. (And no, there's no reason you should upgrade your PC just to run a web browser. Tabbed browsing, especially, is sweet: though variations on Microsoft's MDI (the 'windows in windows' interface used in Office and elsewhere) are usually regarded as clunky and retrograde, it makes more sense to have control of your browsing under one window, rather than have dozens of windows cluttering the taskbar. (XP's grouping makes life easier, but only just.)

The RIAA has essentially shut down Audiogalaxy. As this was the file-sharing service that was best for digging out obscure, deleted, live, spoken word -- in essence, the tracks that aren't really robbing any musicians of anything but publicity -- it's the sort of foot-shooting exercise that you'd regard as insane from anyone else. But, of course, for the RIAA, it's a long, depressing habit.