Putting some gadget blockage into the next version of Windows

All the Microsoft haters are going to get a new reason to be unhappy when Longhorn, the next version of Windows,
comes out in a couple of years: they're going to include a little something called "Plug and Play Extensions" that should make it a lot easier for companies worried about data theft to stop people from connecting iPods, MP3 player,
Flash memory drives, and other portable storage devices to their PC at work (this should make at least
one Gartner analyst very happy). It's not that it's not already possible to do something like this, but next time around Windows'll have it built in. Assuming the home version has the same options, you better believe that blocking a kid from hooking up their iPod to their PC to transfer music is going to be the new grounding.