They are backed up in the Google cache.

Encryption?

I don't know about Linux or Mac but Windows does not delete to the recycle bin either when you delete files from the command line.

What happens if I want to hide my access point from Apple, Google and Skyhook at once? Should I name by AP as

LINKSYS_NOMAP_NOAPPLE_NOSKYHOOK

or will this be a global suffix?

What is a colonial? :)

Actually, I am from a European country where obscure acronyms are not used without explanation.

If you have hundreds of VMs, you should try vSphere Hypervisor (which is also free):

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html

So the only GUI application installed on your computer is Firefox or Chrome, am I right?

Not everybody lives in the UK. What is BT?

You may write the abstract like this as well:

"British MI body BPI has requested BT block access to PB. In response, BT say they will only do so if they receive a CO. But after BT recently lost a CC forcing them to block NB, it looks like it's a CoW — not if — this will happen."

The original (non-MS) logo was like "HoTMaiL", indicating that the service is web (HTML) based...

Here: http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/22/2219258/siri-envy-iris-brings-some-voice-assistant-features-to-android

...and headlights are not on by default...

At the end, everything is written in ASM...

Jailbreaking doesn't void your (iPhone's) warranty?

Although I am an Android user, I think that it is unfair to compare market shares of Android and iPhone. Android phones come in too many varieties and too many price ranges, whereas iPhone is a premium product. It is normal that an $80 Android phone sells much more than iPhone.

The wastefullness is not measured by the price of the item but the ratio of the price versus your income.

A rich person spending %0.01 of their income to luxury items is different than someone poor(er) spending %200 of their monthly income to a cell phone.