To hell with M$, here's some serious alternatives for you poor (or cheap) folks.

Cnet has some great info on open source alternatives to expensive software. You can find the article here.

Comcast gets hit.

Ah yes, a stunning new case of corporate tomfoolery, Comcast gets hit with a class action lawsuit for jamming up p2p and lotus notes traffic
. Genius, sheer genius. And to think, people laughed when they heard about net neutrality.