If it's not mankind then what is the cause? If there is another cause it should be obvious by now - increased output from the sun, or increased volcanic activity, for example. But no convincing argument for an alternative cause has been presented.

The problem for Nokia is that they've got almost all of their eggs in the phone basket. If people lose interest in Nokia phones then all 3 legs of their strategy will fail, as has happened. Microsoft is in a completely different position. Their 3 legs are mobile software, business software (Windows, Office, Server), and entertainment (Xbox). If the mobile strategy fails it's unlikely to impact the other legs too badly. So Microsoft's fate is not intertwined with Nokia's, only the fate of their latest attempt at the mobile market. Though they might find it harder to find partners in the future.

You don't need to measure carbon emissions in foreign countries, you only need to set a tariff equivalent to what the carbon tax would be if the goods were manufactured locally. It doesn't have to be particularly accurate, just close enough to discourage moving production offshore purely to avoid the carbon tax. As for WTO rules, the US has repeatedly violated them in the past. What makes you think they'd be reluctant to this time?

It's a valid point, but it's also not particularly difficult to avoid those consequences. Simply apply a carbon tax to imported goods as well. Get it right and not only would a carbon tax work to reduce emissions, it would also work to increase domestic manufacturing.

I don't buy that theory. What's the volume on 15" and 17" HD TVs? Not that large I think. I think the issue is that too many consumers think HD is the gold standard so there is little point in producing anything high res than 1080p. Perhaps the iPad will change that perception though.

That's why I run 2 19" monitors for my desktop, one landscape, one portrait. The portrait orientation is great for anything involving reading or writing. Landscape is great for games and things like spreadsheets, Photoshop, etc. Best of both worlds...

Why are there so many? It kinda makes me think they must all be deficient in one way or another. Not that I think VC is particularly good...

What is sad is that 10 years ago the top laptop screen resolution was 2 megapixels and now it's still only 2 megapixels, in a format that's worse for every application except watching video. What's sad is that the 9.7" screen in the new iPad is better than anything you can get in a laptop.

I don't think the market for 15-17" LCD TVs is that big. So that's not the reason. It's just that most consumers want HD because they naively think that's the gold standard. And HD means widescreen and shitty resolutions. But widescreen doesn't bother me so much for laptops, it's the lack of choice for desktops that pisses me off. High resolution 4:3 monitors are still around, but far fewer than their used to be and they're not cheap.

It's a mistake to assume that the $8 billion drop in music sales is entirely due to piracy. DVDs appeared in 1998 and by 2004 DVD sales were $14 billion. VHS sales were never that high so much of that money must have been coming out of other entertainment spending. I think a lot of people stopped buy so many CDs when they started buying DVDs.

I don't have any particular problem with requiring narrow patents, but I don't think it makes much difference in this situation as it simply means that the kitchen wares company should/would apply for many magnetic power connector patents on every type of device they can think of.

You clearly don't know what you are talking about or you wouldn't make such blatantly false statement.

I guess it's hearsay to you and I since we're getting our info from the media rather than the complainant. The FBI, OTOH, have no doubt spoken to the complainant directly so it is not hearsay to them. It may still be a false complaint, of course. Or there may be a record of the threat if it was made by email or a phone call that was recorded.

The tax rebates don't cost the government anything: that's money they would have lost anyway if the movie was filmed somewhere else. So US$10M to keep hundreds of millions in foreign money in the country. That's not a bribe, that's just common sense.

You are right about the difference the two possibilities makes to the numbers. But you have misstated the two interpretations:

The headline can't be interpreted as the second of these because the headline says "of printed book sales". Ebooks are not printed, therefore ebooks cannot possibly make up any amount of printed book sales. Only the first interpretation is valid.