IANAL, but wouldn't that be illegal in EU?

I never owned an iPhone, but don't iphones register an itunes account with apple? By keeping a database on IMEI numbers of the devices that are sold over a carrier, i would think it to be quite easy to keep track of that?

I don't exactly know and am honestly too drunk and lazy to google it, but if memory serves me right, the time between console announcement and actual appearance on the market seemed to be pretty long, so i think we look at 2014/2015.

Plus i think it is entirely possible that the announcements (NOT the actual market releases) are made a bit earlier this time to get people to diss the Wii U and wait for the "big thing"

OTOH you might get less performance. Wipeout on the FAT was spotless, framerate-wise. On the SLIM, there are points in the game where you get framerate drops now. Nothing gameplay hindering, but noticeable nonetheless.

Justin Bieber got lots of awards, too. That doesn't mean anything.

I am on the "not so good" side of it, too. HL got its praise mainly for the presentation and storyline/ambiente. But compared to other shooters of the time, many gameplay aspects were not good.
The weapon selector was atrocious, the mouse handling managed to feel jittery in spite of high framerates, enemies that pop up like in a shooting gallery via "teleporting" in... and so on.

"man, imagine the billions of dollars and manhours saved..."

aggressive lobbying against automated cars activated by mechanics, car makers, hospitals, oil magnates

I read a few articles on the new shiny, but there seems to be no information on how the thermal and related noise situation is. How does the smaller design and needed computing power to drive that screen impact the temperature (under stress)?
My old MBP already gets annoyingly hot and loud when i am doing stuff on it.

http://www.bing.com/maps/Help/VE3DInstall/

i mean, they used the aerial photography to model the terrain and texture them.

somehow i cannot find the setting anymore for reference....

for selected citys, Bing hast 3d textured models for a long time. Using the same tech, 45 degree aerial photography using airplane mounted hires cams.

For a change, MS was first.

Like not being able to use a second screen while fullscreening an app?

Sorry, but "usability" for me means to be able to do stuff. Ans not having everything smooth around for up to 3 seconds until i can work with it again.

I dont like the idea of head tracking - the head and the screen are sort of a fixed construct. Using headtracking would just make you roll your eyes ALOT.

Sometimes i swear at it.

--- I, too, rolled my eyes at Apple making a common-use word like "Jailbreak" an "unword", ----

It was an unword from the beginning. It's not a "jailbreak" it's a goddamn security hole.