Just because one of the many apps built with KDE has been re-branded doesn't mean everything else will be. Re-branding an app can help them re-market and re-invet the image for KOffice and loosen the implied restriction of running only under KDE. Changing the name of KDE doesn't benefit them seeing as how Desktop environments aren't really marketed to end-users, and even in the Linux world, most either don't care or already have a preference.

Because, the people releasing these hacks go to jail, while Sony breaks their own console trying to stop it from happening. ;)

Yeah, they're Cylons.

I wonder how long until we have no way of distinguishing a bot from a person. existing CAPTCHAs don't work all that well, and I can't see future ones working much better for very long. The Cylons are among us! Any one of us could be one!

Got ED? Get LED! Solving one acronym with another similar one.

[Mod Parent Up +1 Funny] Better yet, you have to go to that location and take a picture and it will let you log in.

Microsoft announced today that it will be retiring it's Windows trademark as well as the operating system. This moves comes after MS CEOs realized that they couldn't compete with the momentum behind popular Linux distributions. Over the next few weeks MS will be migrating all of its existing users over to popular Linux distribution Fedora. When contacted about the decision, they had this to say: "We just couldn't compete with free. We tried offering an inferior paid experience, but our customers wouldn't accept that." Microsoft has gone on record saying that it will fallback to it's hugely successful business of mouse and keyboard manufacturing.

I have over 60 icons on my desktop, but virtually none of them are shortcuts. I use my desktop as a place to store things until they get organized and placed in the correct location. Not unlike my real desk. It's cluttered with papers and random things that I just left on it. Every so often I clean it off and put everything in its proper place. I do the same with my icons. I'll clean it up, but everything in it's place, a lot of it will get dropped into the old recycle bin, and I'll start working on filling it up over again. ;)

I love reading, unfortunately I don't make enough time for it. I consider myself a very technical and electronic-savvy person. However, I have no intention of purchasing eBooks anytime in the future. There is something about owning a paperback and curling up with it as you flip through the pages. eBooks lack this personal touch. Browsing an online catalog doesn't compare to rummaging through the stacks and perusing a bookstore's inventory. It scares me greatly that we may, within my lifetime reach the point where we see the closure of the last brick and mortar bookstore.

Sound and quality of the picture both add something to the value of the film. However, 3D doesn't. I'm not just resisting it because it is "new". When I leave the theater, I'm going to remember the movie. The 3D effects are fleeting and won't last past a few minutes afterwards. It doesn't contribute to the story or my experience. If anything, it distracts from the movie. But, ultimately the market will decide. If people enjoy 3D movies and want to pay extra to see movies in 3D, then they will, and 3D movies will continue to be made. Otherwise they won't. You know where I stand on the issue. Let's see where we are in 3 years and if 3D is still as popular and if it has become a staple of modern cinema.

Well, at least someone is making a stand. I really don't understand the push to 3-D. Yes, it's "new" and "exciting" for 7-year olds, but, in my opinion it doesn't add any real value for the rest of us movie-goers. It's just a way to increase ticket prices.