Here's a quick tip: when you launch Visual Studio 2005, the first thing you will see is the Start Page. On the Start Page you can find a list of Recent Projects, some Getting Started links, some VS Headlines, and the biggest part of the page is the RSS news feed. By default, this shows you MSDN SQL articles:
As much as I love SQL, I prefer to look at something else. 
To configure the location of the RSS feed, go to Tools > Options > Environment > Startup, then configure the feed location in the text box as shown below:
Of course after entering in our favorite feed, you should now see the news section replaced with the new feed:
