Microsoft Open Source Software Labs (Port 25) have released a plugin that fixes a problem in the latest version of Windows - there is no Netscape Plugin for Windows Media Player built into Vista. It is backwards compatible down to version 6.4 (yes, long before WMP went all media-library like).

• Download the plugin at Port 25

This diminishes the need to go and download each DLL separately from a strange website.

It has also been announced that they will soon release a plugin to enable CardSpace in Firefox, the identity management system in .NET 3.0 for web sites. (In Vista, press the Windows key, and type cardspace, though card does seem sufficient)