"It views the AIDS problem as something far beyond a medical issue, framing it instead as a political, human rights and economic threat." article in the NYTimes. In the last moment further stillstand has been avoided, after the leaders of mainly arabic countries refused to talk about homosexuality and prostitution.

"At this time we just don't believe it's going to be ready when (Windows XP) ships in October" Microsoft drops its plans to implement SmartTags (via Henso).

I assess it as a huge success to sense the first cigarette in the morning again, after smoking 3 packets a day for two month.