MSDN Subscription rocket high price... Creative vs Apple

Humor: MSDN Subscription Pricing - Decisions, Decisions
http://www.theserverside.net/cartoons/TalesFromTheServerSide.tss
the discussion: http://www.theserverside.net/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36145

Creative Claims Apple iPod Uses Its Newly Patented Technology
http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=170101940

Zipping in .NET

Looking for compression in .NET for ZIP?

The SharpZipLib should be the one:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx

regards,
choongseng