What legal requirement? Google doesn't have to release any of the Android source code because they chose the Apache license. The parts of Android under GPL like the kernel have been released. Also Google has a better track record of releasing source code than most companies so I think they have earned a bit of slack in this situation.

His greatest invention but doesn't get enough press.

The reason phones use ARM chips is because ARM focused on providing low power consumption solutions. Intel/AMD basically ignored the mobile phone sector for a long time.

Google doesn't need to get into bed with cable companies. Not when they can slip in between the cable box and the TV (Logitech Revue) or directly into the the TV (Sony). I think about the only thing you can expect to see from this acquisition is a new Google TV device from Motorola. GoogleTV may not have taken off yet but I believe it is only a matter of time.

Why would one crash bring an end to robotic cars? Crashes can be expected while they are still developing this car.

Of course prosecutors can be disbarred! What's next, prosecutors are immune to death?

Annoys me when I get a unwanted chat message on Facebook. I want to completely disable the chat feature but there is no way that I know of. I can sign out of chat but that won't stop Facebook from automatically signing me back in later. The last thing I want is video chat requests popping up in my browser.. ugh

This will be news if Apple can maintain its growth. My gut feeling is the companies that bought those Macs are going to be regretting it.

You would think those channel owners would be happy that their viewers can watch their shows from anywhere in their home and they didn't have to do a damn thing!

Everyone in the Congressional Budget Office needs to be fired immediately. That would reduce the amount of taxes the government needs to collect...

the definition of open: "sign licensing agreement with google; mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make"

"Slow" and "Fast" are relative terms. What was "Fast" 2 weeks ago might not be so today. 10 terabytes of porn is still 10 terabytes of porn no matter what day it is.