Aren't situations like this when Twitter should, at the very least, temporarily suspend the obvious, automated "spam" accounts? All they need to do is quote some vague line in their "terms of service," which I haven't seen (I don't have a twitter account) but I would be surprised if it doesn't exist.

Digital media needs the same benefits as hard media. If I buy 1 digital copy of a movie at $10US; then I can stream that same copy for rental to 1 customer at a time indefinitely, just like a DVD. So what if digital copies don't wear out; I back up my important hard media. It will be the responsibility of the streaming service to control access to the streams based on the number of digital copies they purchased 1:1, and their method for doing so must be transparent and auditable. This way digital licensing cannot become a barrier to entry or selectively put competitors under financial duress who do not produce their own content. Purchased digital media should not come with a license, only subject to copyright law, which should be amended back to at least pre 1976 terms for many things.

Republicans should love how this benefits small business, and Democrats should love how this benefits consumers. Win win situation, right?

While I was in London, I was at shopping center at Angel and a rent-a-cop asked me if I was taking pictures of the shops. I said I was taking pictures of the wings and halo sculptures. That was fine, but not the shops. I say, "If the let you in the shops what could they possibly be protecting against?"

MS Windows 7 with Firefox and about 4 restrictive add-ons, I feel just fine going anywhere but .ru .cn .ua .ge .tj .am .tm .uz...

I can ask Netflix to send me some old B&W film nobody watches any more and they will. There's no way for me to ask them to put it on a server for me. As already posted , streaming quality is poor compared to DVD and with ISP data caps looming, it won't be a good service for long.

Glad to see the webOS internals guys getting some well deserved credit and recognition. Without them webOS would have been a waste of time.

IF HP can do what they are trying, then Apple and Android may well be playing catch up in the not too distant future. HP is creating an OS environment that can go from desktop to laptop, to touch slates to cell phones without skipping a beat. Data and applications synchronized, seamlessly across devices. Scalable at an enterprise level with enterprise tools. No hodgepodge of Windows + iOS + Blackberry + Linux each with separate management tools. It's one stop shopping with a powerhouse like HP supporting it and for consumers, supporting the home brew community.

The prospects are quite exciting. Only time will reveal the results.

So are you saying every where in Huck Finn "nigger" means "slave" (no race implied) and never simply because the person is black?

Does this mean when I say "slave" I'm actually saying "nigger?"

First, to be clear, "cloud computing" is basically a term derived from "the cloud" which is the nebulous internet when you didn't want or need to specify what servers or path your data was taking to get to you. You aren't really sure who's hosting your stuff, unless it's written in the ULA somewhere.

Sure, "cloud computing" MAY make your data accessible anywhere there's internet availability, but what's to stop the host from data mining all your stuff or forcing you to watch commercials while you're on the brink of discovering Unified Field Theory, because you agreed to it in some sort of user agreement.

I read every day... God I hate road signs and billboards.

Sorry, but don't confuse me for an idiot; I more simply said what you stated and I prefaced it with "In a Nut Shell." I was simply laying out Comcast's "argument" and what they did to "fix" it. I did mention that Comcast wants to charge more for Netflix content, in a way. I did not elaborate on who ultimately will pay the additional cost or that Comcast will "conveniently" offer "cheaper," alternative content.

I do not support the purchasing of NBC/Universal by Comcast. Don't be fooled it's not a merger; it's easier to get past the stock holders and SEC by calling it a merger.

Level 3 made a deal with Netflix, so Level 3 amped up their own bandwidth and servers to push out Netflix content. Comcast felt their agreement with Level 3 to pass traffic for Level 3 was being abused. So rather than throttling all Level 3 traffic, Comcast decided to block only their competitor, Netflix who they feel is a threat to their business, to temporarily "balance" their traffic passing agreement with Level 3, unless Level 3 pays more to Comcast.

Aside from "rogue" apps, a remote kill switch can remove any side loaded software; the application store will be the only choice, stifling competition. TFA says that the phone can check in and see if the app is approved, if not it can be deleted. We need laws that can't let hardware manufacturers dictate how a device is used or what's put on them after a sale, so long as it doesn't cause MEASURABLE harm or interference with or to other services or devices.

If the the remote kill switch bugs you, get a Palm/HP webOS device, they openly support their home brew community. webOS has a beta application store channel if you're feeling adventurous. Yes, I own a Palm Pre but no stock in HP.

I'm just waiting for a TV to come with a fully functional, unrestricted and networkable PC built in that uses standard parts and interfaces and is linked to one of the TV inputs.

If you don't want providers mucking with your phone OS much, try a webOS device. HP/Palm has publicly acknowledged and said good things of the webOS home brew scene, and basically said "use at your own risk."