And that flaw is the standard motherboard and by extension the heavily dependency on standard components. Standard components are awesome, in particular if you want to build your own machine.
This is something to be more like a game console with PC concept of upgradability. So, in my opinion, they should have kept only the gaming related components standard(CPU, GPU and memory). Everything else should be integrated in a custom and clean motherboard just like the old school Mac Pros were(RIP).
If I have to deal with all those cables, standard fan, power supply unit and harddrive bays, I rather just build my own from scratch. It's also going to be cheaper.

Same here. Unless it's some sort of TMS which actually creates electrical currents inside the brain through and electromagnetic field I just don't see non invasive electrical stimulation happening. If you count scalp and skull and everything are exists between them I just don't any significant amount of electricity passing through the brain(unless you want to burn your hair).

Your plot kind sounds like the idea behind the real CYBERDYNE

Just like the PS3 it has a removable and upgradable standard 2.5" HDD(confirmed you can easily google for the source). No complaints at all but that just makes me wish for an SD card compatible PS Vita.
That and the fact you have to subscribe to PSN+ for online multiplayer. I'm a PSN+ subscriber, it's an excellent service that pays for itself with the great discounts and free games(plus I like the cloud saves) but forcing it on everyone is a dick move. They don't need to do that given the current success of the product and the apparent bright future, I'm sure PSN+ will be even more profitable and successful in the future without having to handicap standard PSN members

To be honest I use a 12 hundred at home and as I don't like the bright LEDs either, I turn them off. The transparent windows can be useful if you overclock and/or want to check the motherboard LEDs in case your computer starts to act funny without having to open the case. The cases are easy to assemble and dismantle, have excellent ventilation and provide customization to no end. And if you call their design gaudy and excessive, I call Ive's bland, unoriginal and unpractical.

A desktop PC is something that stays hidden bellow my desk or inside a rack with only it's front face visible for 99% of it's life. As long it's a standard form factor, has high customization and provides the electronic components good protection against mechanical and thermal hazards it could be pink with rainbow colored LEDs it's still better designed than a cylinder that provides none of the things I said above.

Why Apple is taking credit for this new trend? Sony new Vaio Pro line has optional 20Gbps PCIe 256/512GB flash storage. I pre ordered one(first vaio in 9 years) simply because of that. Credit where it's due.

uglier? Call me a fanboy but I take Antec gaming pc cases(even for non gaming high-end workstation purposes) over that cylinder any day.

Apple has done nothing for iOS but mostly rip off Android since iOS3.

Cerberus alongside Airdroid should be Android default apps.

Or maybe for the same reason that Minecraft is the 3D design tool of choice for millions over real 3D software: accessibility. Lego is the "easiest" way to prototype something.
Lego learning curve is virtually non existent. It takes ages to build something meaningful, the amount of detail is very limited, but literally anyone with hands can do it.
There is also brand name. People love popular brands. Do you think this /. article would even exist if NASA decided to partner with Blender or AutoDesk?
Finally, reading the article I can't help but to think that Lego is a sponsor and this is nothing but a marketing campaign.

Not their electricity, not their problem.
I think the risk of bad publicity and potential lawsuits, from both users and governments, is just not worth it.

Tell that to Apple. Trademarks can be an ugly business.

As a guy that does a lot of embedded, I like both equally.

But breathing life in to a pile of scrap metal it the fun part. The satisfaction and relief of seeing your device working after a sea of sweat is on par of sexual orgasm.

I see Unity being talked all over the place. I'm not a game dev so I never really used it, but from the videos and tutorials I've seen, it seems to be a quite nice IDE+game engine kit to work with. However, I can't help but to feel that everything good about it is superficial and on a real world application it sucks. Why? Never played or heard of a single good(neither good as "in my opinion" nor good as in "critically acclaimed") game, indie, hobbyist or mainstream, that uses it. There must be a reason for that.