I should've bookmarked the link - I got to it yesterday though via a google search on 'palladium chip' - I then was following links on 'The Register' pages - I think - I was kind've chatting to folks at the same time - I really do wish I'd kept the links cos I'm going to have to relocate them myself - but truly - google will take you to plenty of very disturbing discussions of dodgy deals being toyed with by microsoft, riaa, intel, amd etc

I just wish macs weren't so expensive here in Oz (like 2-3 times the price of microsoft/intel machines)

hope this helps a bit (let me know if you find out more)

bad_vlad