...Microsoft already had augmented reality tech running on everything? Seems to be the only explanation for about 1/2 of everything they do/

...people should read The Real Thing by Carolyn Ives Gilman. That story has kept me up more than a few nights, and stuff like this just make me feel like we are edging closer and closer to that horrid hell she describes.

Or, in other words, is essentially useless.

Can I get a link to where you are getting that number for the conviction rate in the US?

Starter was meant to run on lower-spec machines than the full version. The 3-app limit was meant as much as a measure to ensure performance (by not bogging the system down) as it was as an actual marketing technique to make other versions of Windows more populer. Starter is probably going to end up in netbooks (cheap low-spec laptops) worldwide.

I thought colleges bought subscriptions for their students, not just promoted it.

If by incapable of learning, you mean severely mentally (and morally) handicapped, then yes.

Can I ask why that is such a big deal when you can just upgrade from within the OS?

Until she figures out what happens when you put a period at the start of a files name.

...it should have come out as the sound of a million panes of glass breaking.

They already do that. They just charge you more upfront if you buy the one that comes with the key for Ultimate than the one that comes with the key for Home (w/e). If you want to upgrade you just give them more money, and bam, you get upgraded.

Well, glad to know that they are willing to help Linux-based OSs on Netbooks.

2012! Supercomputer! It's Skynet! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Never heard of an NDA, have you?

...describes the executives at the company.