And that's exactly what the priorities should be for portable devices.

Why? Apple's iPad doesn't support the feature set that Cherry describes either, and yet it's become the fastest growing tablet in the enterprise. In fact, it's the only tablet device with any traction in that space at all. Something like 60% of the Fortune 500 have deployed iPad or have a deployment plan in the trial stages. When did that last happen with a piece of technology less than 2 years old?

There are plenty of reasons why I think Microsoft's efforts in tablets won't be successful, but the iPad's success has shown that not supporting a core Windows feature set needn't be one of them.

You could opt-in per device, as each device on the subnet could be directly addressed by the ISP's server.

That way, Dad could opt in his iPad while keeping son's Laptop opted-out.

Those names are very un-Apple. How about just 'iTrojan'.

Or, to avoid confusion with the previous trojan...

'The New iTrojan.'

Thank goodness it passed the cat rubbing test. We Europeans love rubbing electronic devices on our cats.

We need Her Majesty to save her subjects and overthrow this government.

Great news for Linux users. A pretty nasty piece of malware has now been eradicated.

That's a reasonable point. Guess they pick on the locals.

1) Inciting racial hatred is a criminal offence here.

2) Lives are ruined by this form of vile bullying.

3) Freedom of speech comes with some responsibilities. Abuse it and lose it.

I like how China wages war against other countries. They attack over fibre cables, snitching intellectual property.

Kind of refreshing really, when compared to western countries who send in tanks, warheads and troops and murder innocent civilians.

Unless it's an obscure title you can probably download a high quality version for free via a torrent site. You've already paid, after all.

That's what I don't understand about this Wal-Mart deal. Who do they think they are competing against? Their competition offers thousands of titles at no cost, DRM free, in a variety of formats. They would need to offer something compelling to justify charging.

I'm up for paying, but only if the service offers something that their free competition doesn't. Just saying "here's a DRM-infected digital file" isn't that something.

Just started? Dude, by your definition World War 3 has been raging for the last 20 years!

Me too. I'm calling this phenomenon 'scandal-gate'.

Biggest laptop manufacturer using NAND = Apple

Report claiming NAND unreliable commissioned by = Microsoft.

Hmmm....

We both understand that, because we both take more of an interest in this stuff than the average joe.

But from the non technical user's POV, they trust Apple to look out for them. They see the app right there in the store, and rightly make an assumption that Apple have made all the neccessary checks of that app to ensure the user is kept out of harms way.

The curated environment Apple has crafted gives the impression of safety, security and trustworthiness. Incidents like this make people question that trust.

Strictly from a non-technical, user's point of view, this stuff shouldn't happen precicely because of the app review process. That screening process is supposed to give the user the confidence that the app is going to be a good actor, and not do a bunch of stuff its not supposed to. It essentially tells the user "trust Apple to keep a look out for you".

I don't expect to hear that a vetted app throws my login credentials out there in plain text for all to see. Things like this, along with finding out that iOS gives up my entire address book to an app without asking me first, leaves a bad taste in my mouth and makes me question that review process.