To put it into perspective - the Commonwealth Bank of Australia offer 7 years of statements online for free - even on fee-free accounts. They also allow you to search for previous transactions freely. They probably charge to print out a copy and send it to you, but with online statements going back that far and the ability to export to PDF and CSV - most people easily avoid the fee.

Spend $1 trillion to save $1 trillion. Then with the jobs created and income taxes to be paid, the gov't will still be ahead!

Should it be any accomplishment that a game released in November 2004 works on a latest-gen system? For that matter, my Radeon 9100 IGP (integrated) ran HL-2 'fine' back in 2004.

I'd estimate the bloatware that manufacturers bundle with Windows based PCs will nearly off-set the cost of Windows licensing. I pick 'A'.

This already happens in Australia - not just banning 'bogus' IMEI's, but IMEI's that aren't unique like the plethora of generic Chinese import phones. Since only "A-Tick" approved phones are allowed on our networks anyway (unless you're a tourist), people who get banned have little to stand on.

Well, that explains why a significant amount of machines at work suspiciously fall apart this week. We had Windows core-files like uxtheme.dll go missing and a range of other BSODs. I actually have more faith in the upcoming Microsoft Security Essentials than I do with VSE at this point in time. It will surely be easier to administer across the domain than VSE is now.

Wow, this changes everything!

Well, it may not seem like a lot at first, but the Foundation is giving out $100,000 to over 81 different projects. Combined, it is a massive sum of money. You can read more about it here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5275381/Bill-Gates-pours-thousands-into-unconventional-health-research.html