The article is not clear what search terms produced 22% malicious URLs. That seems like a high number to me. If you search for "photoshop crack" or "keygen" you're going to get WAY more malware than searching for "fuzzy bunnies".

While I agree that more spam and malware sites have gotten into Google listings, I don't think the problem is quite as dire as the article makes it seem for the typical Google user.

I just ripped my music collection a few months ago and discovered approximately 50% of my CD-Rs over 7 years old were garbage. Lost a good chunk of my live music collection. Most of the ones that survived were the deep-blue colored CD-Rs. I lost about 100 discs in total and physically all were pristine (no scratches, smudges, etc).

I had always heard that they didn't last too long but I never expected less than 10 years. Funny that technology from decades ago (cassette) and a century ago (vinyl) still work, yet stuff made in 2003 is garbage.

I agree. I've always said the same thing about hardware and software... no matter how fast the hardware gets, the software progresses too and always calls for a little more power to run it. So, even though my hardware may be 10x faster and 10x more powerful than few years ago, it still takes almost as long to launch and run today's application as it did to launch 3 releases previous on the old hardware.

How does an algebra text book become obsolete?

I'm not trying to take away the fact that they sold 1 million units very quickly, but technically they were "selling" them longer than 28 days via pre-orders. Did Apple take pre-orders for the iPhone that the article compares sales rate to? I can't remember. Most of their new products are not available to buy until they are actually available.

When he says "a whole lot of pennies have to add up before it becomes a bunch of money" does he mean like the 1 billion songs that iTunes has sold? Because at 9.1 cents per song, that comes out to $91,000,000... which is exactly a lot of money.

I use Wacom's smallest tablet (so I can reach any part of my screen without having to move my arm too much). I hold the pen in my hand even while typing since I don't use my right index finger for typing (I'm a quick 4 finger typist).

Anyway, I find it really easy to highlight lines of text. It also has 2 programmable buttons on the pen plus 4 programmable buttons on the tablet.

Most people give up too quickly on tablets. Making the switch will absolutely slow you down for a week or two, but once you get used to it, you'll never use a mouse again.

Park as far as possible everywhere you go. These walks from your car to the store/work/home will add up to several extra miles in the week.

Use the stairs instead of the elevator when you can.

Do 10 minutes of push-ups and sit-ups before work in the morning.

Put ankle weights on when you leave the house in the morning and walk around all day with them.

Go for walks at lunchtime

Take the long way when walking from your cube to someone else's at work.

I really enjoyed the first Manhunt for Playstation. When I heard Manhunt 2 was coming out for the Wii, I was psyched. Then, after all the controversy, they decided to censor the game by blurring out a major portion of the game - the violent cut scenes. I decided not to buy the game since I am an adult and should be able to buy the game uncensored.

My question is, why can't game devs release 2 versions of a game with different ratings - one being censored and one going all out?