I have a smart TV. I also have a blu-ray player, which replicates basically all of the functionality of the smart TV. I also have a 360, which does exactly the same as all of the above. The only one of those devices that has netflix, youtube, etc and doesn't drag its feet is the 360. It is also the only device that gets regular updates. I didn't buy the TV because of the smart features, but the features it has could have been cool. It came with a separate remote that can be used similar to a wii-mote and is pretty handy for using the interface. Sadly, bad coding and slow chips in it kill the experience.

I've been following MenuetOS for years now. I love the fact that it can run uncompressed on a single floppy. It has a fairly modern UI and can do a lot of the same tasks that most major operating systems do, but in a far smaller footprint. It's also very fast. It makes me feel like any other operating system is just being wasteful.

Every time something like this happens, they try to blame video games for it. Other things too, yes, but one of the main targets is video games. I know the point is to pretend they've accomplished something, but people see that, right? It's like professional wrestling... we all know it's mostly soap opera mixed with some jumping around in speedos. How long can they keep this up? Imagine the time and money wasted for these people that are doing this. Think about all of the other issues that have been ongoing that they are ignoring to rush for the attention grab. I would like to think these people are not really that out of touch with the public that they think something like Starcraft would make him want to murder innocent children. If they are that out of touch, it's time they retire from politics.

It made me remember the old mobile Windows operating systems. Microsoft thought everyone would want a normal start bar, etc on their mobile device. It didn't work out well as history has proven. Now they're trying the other way around... force the mobile UI on the desktop. They don't fathom that people want desktop (and at the very least non-touch laptops) to have one UI, and mobile devices to have another.

I would love to have an app on my phone and my xbox for Archive.org. I love watching some of the old movies there, as well as a lot of the cheesy old "coronet" films (the 40's and 50's videos like Lunchroom Manners). They're unbelievably entertaining for me, I don't know why.

Duck Duck Go isn't just a frontend for bing.

They collect from many different sources including their own crawlers. Bing is a source, but nowhere near the only one.

See Duck Duck Go's help page on sources for more the full list.

I got one of the chromebooks google shipped out for testing. I love it a lot more than I thought I would. It is the laptop I read sites/chat/watch youtube on before sleep. Very light, very quiet and it doesn't generate a lot of heat.

It sits on it like a pedestal and enacts a "daydream" mode in the phone. I guess I misunderstood what the Apple patent was really about. That sounds more reasonable at least.

I personally prefer consoles for most games, the only exception being Minecraft and once upon a time, Terraria. I like sitting on my comfy couch while I play instead of at a desk. Games like GTA are much more fun for me with a controller instead of a keyboard, and that sandbox style is my favorite type. Red Dead Redemption is amazing, even two years later. I still start up new saves on it all the time. I can understand that people like the precision of a mouse for things like CounterStrike, but if everyone else is on an xbox like you then it doesn't matter, you are all on the same playing field. I don't care if I am having fun. I play games to relax, not for any competition.

That said, something like this would encourage me to want to play more PC games than just Minecraft. I like this idea.

My Nexus 4 already wirelessly charges with a magnetic coupling trick. Would that make this invalid?