Funny, but seriously, it was missing 1 letter in "form". You probably could have picked a better post for this... ;)

Although this ignores the fact the Tab comes preloaded with Swype as its keyboard. Most who have tried it view Swype's mechanic as the future of touchscreen text input (and it will no doubt migrate in some for to the iPhone at some point). However it would actually be worse suited to a larger screen because the swiping motions would need to be significantly longer/larger to reach across a larger keyboard.

Given the chosen input method, the 7" form factor appears to be a better decision, not a worse one.

This is exactly what I hope SeeSaw develops into in the UK. It's new but I really hope it takes off as it's a great example of how cooperating sensibly together (combining the previously fractured per-channel online distribution systems) benefits the consumer. I know, who'd have thought, right?

The bigger danger is that children may start to understand terrorism as an expected element of conflict, one that has existed for centuries, one that should be expected, planned for where it can be anticipated, but not allowed to disrupt real life. Then they would learn to have a measured response to this touchy buzzword, and we've lost fear as a tool to control them.

Naturally this must be prevented.

If your comment was serious, I think it's just a misunderstanding: they're not suggesting the patent would prevent split-screen gaming, but rather that companies may choose to implement full-screen 2-player rather than split-screen if the technology takes off, leading to the death of the latter. Whether or not that constitutes progress I leave to the reader.

This puts me in a difficult position and represents my least favourite aspect of the UK electoral system (and a party political system in general, I suppose). I absolutely want to get rid of the Labour Government, but locally I am most inclined to re-elect the Labour candidate. She argued (and voted) against the Bill, responded to my letter on the subject in an intelligent and reasoned manner and is routinely willing to go against the party line.

First off, broadly speaking, I agree with you. Latency is going to be too much of an issue for most people to jump on board without an (inevitable and arguably overdue) infrastructure upgrade. However there are two types of latency OnLive is dealing with. The first is the obvious one from transmitting data back and forth over the internet. The second is the actual video encoding process server-side. That is where OnLive seems to have come up with a novel "technobabble solution" that actually works. It is, in all honesty, probably where their value lies rather than the service they are trying to offer which is almost certainly before its time.

I think there is a valid point underneath which is that he has shown off some great effects skills and thoroughly deserves a chance at a high-end effects job in Hollywood. That doesn't necessarily mean he should be given $30m to *direct* a film...

I think two things affected the modding community: one is, as you said, definitely the tightening reins in an attempt to monetise additional content post-release. The other, which I think had begun to take effect well before the propagation of paid-for DLC, is simply the spirally complexity and cost of game development. The chief time expenditure for any major mod has always been asset creation (while I fully admit what separates good mods from bad is still overall game design). In the past, a couple of talented individuals could roll out a mod in a couple of months that looked as polished as the original game. Now as engines allow for far more detailed graphics, high quality asset creation takes significantly longer. Thus the dev cycle for mods has increased just as for the original game. For a handful of bedroom coders, putting together larger teams has generally been found impractical so the result is that the best-looking and most promising mods still have smallish teams and end up in limbo for years, during which many falter and disappear. The alternative is a cheap-looking mod which is unlikely to garner significant interest.