> They must have given Gaben a pretty penny to drop support on Steam.

Itâ(TM)s actually because of Google Chrome being the base for the Steam view. Google is dropping support with the Chrome code base, so Steam has to as well, unless they rewrite it to use a different engine.

Blame Google, not Gaben.

Not Command-click, itâ(TM)s Control-click to open the contextual menu.

Downloaded newest version (v2.92) from their site, installed, still shows as v2.84

But in the app's About window it shows the correct version number. Strange.

Maybe it's the Mac *demo* that was released first. To correct my earlier post, the Windows version of the full game did indeed come first.

Actually, the Mac version did come out first, followed by the Windows version. It's no typo.

There was no Windows-only time period for Diablo sales.

Wikipedia mentions that Diablo was released on Nov. 30, 1996 for Mac OS, and Dec. 31 1996 for Windows.
Just clearing up the fact that it was not Windows-only.

they never compete on price

Really? I was under the impression that they did just that with the first iPad. There were no ~10" tablets in "Android land" at that price at the time.

"Tablet PC makers shaken up by iPad pricing - Surprised by iPad's low $499 price tag"
Apple iPad: The Low-Price Leader?
Apple iPad Cheaper than Notebook Vendors Would Like

Good points, I'm leery of putting much effort into Google+ simply for that reason, though I have high hopes for the service. Didn't use Buzz or Wave much but I will miss iGoogle a bit once it's gone.

I'm just hoping they will be selling unprotected h264 mp4s by the time I want to replace my AVIs. I never expected it to happen with music, so I'll just keep bugging Amazon and Apple.

Because it's bundled into a simple-to-use package that will have free lifetime updates and comes with all the benefits of surfing on iOS?

I'm satisfied with Atomic & Knowtilus, each of which I got on sale for 99 cents a while back. Use appshopper to find deals.

Correct, you simply have to do a relatively quick factory restore before you hand it over, and even that is rarely enforced.

Hope they can pull it off. Mint is a pleasure to use, for the most part.

The Today Show video mentioned in TFS states clearly that the statute has run out; that it's only 5 years. Thanks for the correction, no need to berate anyone.

This is my main problem with the service.

You say 'walled garden' as if it's a bad thing for regular users. You and I can jailbreak if we want full portable computer functionality.
The way it is now: stock iPhone means no malware, stock Android means you can get malware since Google doesn't check any apps unless they get complaints, and by then lots of damage has already been done.
So, iOS walled garden=good for regular users, Android apps-from-anywhere=malware=fine for us, but not for regular people.