Are they not the 8 firms provided customer information behind the scene to NSA until the incident went public? Yes, of course they never provided NSA anything ... maybe they just conveniently set up their servers a little less secured to allow NSA tap into customer information. To me, it is a lot of BS.

win the PR war?

bluetooth?

Mr Elop maybe an undercover MS employee whose sole mission is to crash nokia so MS can buy it at a bargain. Just saying :-) Cheers.

Of course LG has no idea what's going on. NSA infiltrated LG's servers. They want to know if you're downloading and watching homeland tv series.

You haven't deleted your slashdot account yet.

You know that the link you posted is a honey pot, don't you?

These companies does not have to make money, in fact, the faster it burns cash, the merrier. The last bubble was because of high valuation of companies associated with the word "i"nternet. This time around, it is about association with the word "s"ocial.

That makes EU a terrorist state.

You may now by now I'm not a idevice user. I have a colleague who has an iphone and I have an android. He told me he couldn't connect his iphone to his work computer to transfer large files back and forth. I just assume it is not possible. We're not allowed to install itunes at work. When I plugged my android to my computer, it shows up as a drive on windows. When I showed him the file manager on my android, he couldn't keep his mouth closed as if he saw the most sexy woman on the planet.

How about a file manager and be able to plug your idevice into computer to transfer files without the much "loved" itunes?

Universal health care benefits the poor / middle income more than the high earners. I know Obamacare is far from the universal health care some countries enjoy, but it is a step to the right direction. When we know majority of the people in USA falls into middle class category, why would republican oppose the bill. I'm curious.

I sent Christie an email asking her to meet me at the lobby at a hotel I'm saying here in Paris. No wonder my wife called this morning to find out what I'm doing in Paris with Christie. I told her I'm reading slashdot at my best buddy's basement.

That is the first step toward commoditized (spelling) smart phones? I can't wait for the day when I install any OS of my choice to any smart phone. Apple fans will likely be excluded from the party but who cares :-) Its market share is shrinking and shrinking fast!

If I were to guess, NSA and MS must have coded the back door themselves.