for work i have an hp nc6000 laptop. sometime i find that the fan becomes crazy noisy and just annoys me.

then i installed this little freeware and got it to shut up.. now the laptop is dead quiet.. i like..

http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/

when you have installed it, it lands in the systemtray, and just select "max battery" and the fan shuts up. great little tool if fan-noise annoys you.

LONDON (Reuters) - Warner Bros. said on Monday it would soon begin selling movies and television shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland using a peer-to-peer network, embracing the very technology that has rattled the entertainment industry.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-01-30T133822Z_01_L30286912_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MEDIA-WARNERBROS-P2P-DC.XML

Would have been a cool service if the movies would be in English