After reading the article the only logical conclusion I can reach is that all e-tailers should move their corporate headquarters and distribution outside of the United States. They should then move all of their research and development outside of the United States in case some state government construes that as a presence sufficient to justify taxation. That sounds like a wonderful tax policy there which drives business out of the country. E-tailers are DIFFERENT than typical brick and mortal retailers. The entities they use to distribute their goods and services pay taxes, except for the US Post Office of course. Moreover, there has never been perfect rationality between benefits received and taxes paid.

I can't disagree with the assertion that it is a usability nightmare more. I have a small, portable, foldaway keyboard for use with my Ipaq 2215. The keyboard has tray to hold the PDA and it is not difficult to read when sitting on a desk. I used the device for taking notes all the way through law school and it was far more portable and convenient to have on your desk at the same time as a textbook as compared to a laptop.

While the FTC may be a good place to start you are likely to get a more valuable remedy from your local Attorney General's office. AGs have shown a remarkable willingness to take on companies engaged in false advertising and most states have consumer protection laws to provide statutory remedies and even attorney's fees when they prevail. Of course, this doesn't really save you any money since AT&T will just tack any fines or settlement costs onto the back of your bill. In Missouri, I get charged an additional $7 in regulatory fees on top of my monthly charges. These are NOT taxes or regulatory fees but costs AT&T incurred due to lawsuits from municipalities.

There seems to be a consensus that the MS exclusivity deal precludes imbedding the software into the PS3 for now, which is why they are doing the workaround with the disc. Frankly, this appears to be a "novel" interpretation of the contract signed with Microsoft but since Hastings is on the Microsoft BoD I don't imagine there will be any litigation as a result. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/netflix-finally-confirmed-for-ps3/

If you would like to coast any distance (like enough to get off the road and out of traffic) and you're not pointed downhill I suggest you disengage your transmission. Or is your engine tied into a 5,000 lb flywheel you have rigged into your trunk in your spare time?

There is no evidence the employee was an illegal immigrant, the AG just failed to file the proper paperwork to prove the citizenship status of the employed party. More laziness than malfeasance. However, if we started sacking government employees for laziness can you imagine what it would do to the unemployment rate???

Have you used Hulu Desktop? The video quality is superior to my analog cable connection, it controls easily with my Hauppauge Remote and the seek capabilities are fairly tolerable for something which is streaming as opposed to local. On a separate note, Hulu has me watching commercials again! For the last 3 years my Media Center has let me skip all of the commercials but with Hulu I am trapped watching stupid car commercials again. If there is one thing that Nielsen should be counting it is this type of online viewing.

Hulu looks pretty good on my 47" when I set the stream to high quality and as a bonus most things are in widescreen. I have noticed that the majority of commercials on Hulu do not appear to be paid for advertisements. My concern is that if Hulu achieves more success the number of ads will increase to the point where it is essentially identical to watching television except I do not have the capacity to record and skip the ads.

Would you also agree with the consequences of this logical chain? Would you start throwing babies and then young children off a sinking boat based on the theory that society does not have as much invested in their productivity? The decisions we make about protecting lives are based upon societal morals that are not rooted in logic. That creates some devastating consequences but the alternative purely rational approach is also quite dangerous.

The mistake in my opinion was not in selling a drive which could scratch discs if moved but in requiring the drive to run at full speed at all times whenever you are playing a game. This adds a great deal of stress to the system, disc and substantial amounts of noise. Most of the time when people complain about the noise of the 360 they are not complaining about fan noise but rather the noise from the drive. Fortunately, this was a mistake the corrected in the last update. Removing both the problem of scratched discs and wear on the disc drive. Microsoft may be slow but they do seem to get themselves oriented eventually.

If your looking for some Hack and Slash entertainment in line with Diablo or Baldur's Gate I recommend "The Witcher". The most recent release cleaned up some of the illogical dialog and improved the frame rates. It is probably the game I enjoyed the most since Gothic 2.