There are also a bunch of programs that is not so clear about them being P2P. Spotify and Voddler comes to mind, but there are more.

Lame...

Its my theory that thinking "correlation is not causation" causes a person to study statistics.

Jeepers dude - give away the whole story why don't you...

The failure is obviously with the producers of grammar checking software.

That would be sad... but its the same as buggy whip manufacturers, right?

So the library business model must change.

Any law that legalizes DRM could also mandate it in a form that allows "lending" of material for a limited amount of time from authorized agents.

Don't get me wrong: DRM is generally bad IMO... but ebooks don't mean the death of libraries. Or at least they don't have to...

I think they are using the wrong model with ebooks. I think they should be using the rental model. I'd happily pay a few bucks a week for a book. If I don't have time to finish it, charge me a couple bucks more to renew. If in a few years I want to read it again, I'd happily pay that again to have it "instantly" at my fingertips. Probably there are some books I would think about purchasing in ebook format - but in most cases, renting would be fine with me. (And of course, there are still some books that I would like to own hard copies of). I think music, video and books all need slightly different business models in the internet world.

I saw Avitar a couple of weeks ago in 3D and it looked great. I specifically arrived at the theater to catch that showing. If I were to see it again, I'd probably try to catch it in 3d again if it was convent. I didn't mind paying the extra few buck and wearing the stoopid glasses.

Then about a week later, I went and saw Up in the Air. It was a great movie too. However, if it had optionally been offered in 3d, theres no way in the world I would have made a special trip or paid a penny more to see it in 3d.

Probably for 95% of what I watch on tv, 3d is of no interest to me. Even if Avitar where to come out in 3d at home. I am not sure the 3d would really be the same on a home screen. Even a 50 or 60 inch screen. And certainly not something under 40 inches.

I can see a lot of push back from consumers on this.

"If a network is not fully loaded, it's hard to know exactly how much demand is out there"

If only there was an app for that!

This seems fishy to me.

Microsoft wants you to use your own copies of Word, Excel, Exchange server and the rest, so that you do not have to trust in cloud computing. They want to sell you (or rent to you) software that allows you control your own data. They may be hedging their bets with some of their latest cloud offerings... but really - they'd prefer to rent you software that allows you to save your data on your own network and your own hard disk.

"Before finalizing your decision to move away from MS Office to an online service, perhaps you should review some of the hazards of trusting your data to others. There has been some recent events that might cause you to want to hold onto your own data"

Hehehe... just kidding - I am sure there is nothing underhanded about the whole thing.